Ethiopia - Internally displaced persons

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases)

The value for Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases) in Ethiopia was 1,692,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,895,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 50,000 in 2011.

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 200,000
2011 50,000
2013 179,000
2014 137,000
2015 56,000
2016 296,000
2017 725,000
2018 2,895,000
2019 1,052,000
2020 1,692,000

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

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in Ethiopia was 664,000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 664,000 in 2020, while its lowest value was 10,000 in 2010.

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 73,000
2010 10,000
2012 20,000
2013 61,000
2014 49,000
2015 104,000
2016 347,000
2017 434,000
2018 296,000
2019 504,000
2020 664,000

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 Ethiopia was 2,060,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,137,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 258,000 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. “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/)

See also:

Year Value
2009 350,000
2010 300,000
2011 350,000
2012 350,000
2013 316,000
2014 397,000
2015 450,000
2016 258,000
2017 1,078,000
2018 2,137,000
2019 1,414,000
2020 2,060,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility