World - 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 World was 30,688,210 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 42,350,200 in 2010, while its lowest value was 15,023,800 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
2008 38,241,120
2009 16,734,400
2010 42,350,200
2011 15,023,800
2012 30,148,600
2013 22,125,870
2014 19,120,870
2015 19,189,830
2016 24,213,690
2017 18,776,800
2018 17,176,950
2019 24,804,410
2020 30,688,210

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility