Lebanon - Internally displaced persons
Internally displaced persons (number, high estimate)
The value for Internally displaced persons (number, high estimate) in Lebanon was 390,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 8 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 800,000 in 2006 and a minimum value of 300,000 in 2002.
Definition: Internally displaced persons are 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.
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 350,000 |
| 2002 | 300,000 |
| 2003 | 300,000 |
| 2004 | 500,000 |
| 2005 | 600,000 |
| 2006 | 800,000 |
| 2007 | 390,000 |
| 2008 | 390,000 |
| 2009 | 390,000 |
Internally displaced persons (number, low estimate)
The value for Internally displaced persons (number, low estimate) in Lebanon was 76,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 216,000 in 2006 and a minimum value of 50,000 in 2004.
Definition: Internally displaced persons are 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.
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 50,000 |
| 2005 | 50,000 |
| 2006 | 216,000 |
| 2007 | 90,000 |
| 2008 | 90,000 |
| 2009 | 90,000 |
| 2010 | 76,000 |
Classification
Topic: Public Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility
