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Internally displaced people · New, conflict and violence

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…

Latest, 2023580number of casesAnnual release · Not updated
vs 2022+11,500.0%5
High since 20146,200number of cases2016 · World Bank
Low since 20145number of cases2022 · World Bank

Over time

number of cases2014 - 2023

Recent years

  1. 2023580number of cases+11,500.0%
  2. 20225number of cases−96.2%
  3. 2021130number of cases−89.2%
  4. 20171,200number of cases−80.6%
  5. 20166,200number of cases+342.9%
  6. 20141,400number of cases