Saudi Arabia - 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 Saudi Arabia was 610.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 10,000.00 in 2009, while its lowest value was 100.00 in 2017.

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 10,000.00
2011 8,200.00
2013 4,700.00
2016 280.00
2017 100.00
2018 2,000.00
2019 260.00
2020 610.00

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility