Sri Lanka - Internally displaced persons
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases)
Definition: Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. "New Displacement" refers to the number of new cases or incidents of displacement recorded over the specified year, rather than the number of people displaced. This is done because people may have been displaced more than once.
Source: The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (http://www.internal-displacement.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 280,000 |
| 2018 | 1,100 |
| 2019 | 1,700 |
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases)
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in Sri Lanka was 19,000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 685,000 in 2011, while its lowest value was 19,000 in 2020.
Definition: Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. "New Displacement" refers to the number of new cases or incidents of displacement recorded over the specified year, rather than the number of people displaced. This is done because people may have been displaced more than once.
Source: The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (http://www.internal-displacement.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 525,000 |
| 2009 | 363,000 |
| 2010 | 141,000 |
| 2011 | 685,000 |
| 2012 | 129,000 |
| 2013 | 324,000 |
| 2014 | 152,000 |
| 2015 | 66,000 |
| 2016 | 500,000 |
| 2017 | 135,000 |
| 2018 | 100,000 |
| 2019 | 87,000 |
| 2020 | 19,000 |
Internally displaced persons, total displaced by conflict and violence (number of people)
The value for Internally displaced persons, total displaced by conflict and violence (number of people) in Sri Lanka was 27,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 400,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 27,000 in 2019.
Definition: Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. “People displaced” refers to the number of people living in displacement as of the end of each year, and reflects the stock of people displaced at the end of the previous year, plus inflows of new cases arriving over the year as well as births over the year to those displaced, minus outflows which may include returnees, those who settled elsewhere, those who integrated locally, those who travelled over borders, and deaths.
Source: The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (http://www.internal-displacement.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 400,000 |
| 2010 | 327,000 |
| 2011 | 125,000 |
| 2012 | 93,000 |
| 2013 | 90,000 |
| 2014 | 90,000 |
| 2015 | 44,000 |
| 2016 | 44,000 |
| 2017 | 42,000 |
| 2018 | 37,000 |
| 2019 | 27,000 |
| 2020 | 27,000 |
Classification
Topic: Public Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility
