Cambodia - Internally displaced persons

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases)

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in Cambodia was 66,000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 214,000 in 2011, while its lowest value was 8,300 in 2016.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
2009 66,000
2010 32,000
2011 214,000
2013 144,000
2014 151,000
2015 8,900
2016 8,300
2017 15,000
2018 37,000
2019 70,000
2020 66,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility