Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases) by country
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,...
What the numbers show
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 10.09 million number of cases in Least developed countries; the lowest is 120 number of cases in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 145,500 number of cases, and the mean is 730,049 number of cases.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 84,067.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in State of Palestine (up 312,445.0%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 99.5%).
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflic: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Least developed countries | 10.09 million number of cases | 2022 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 2 | Sudan | 6.04 million number of cases | 2023 | up 1,184.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.77 million number of cases | 2023 | up 277.2% | volatile |
| 4 | State of Palestine | 3.44 million number of cases | 2023 | up 312,445.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Myanmar | 1.30 million number of cases | 2023 | up 2,303.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 794,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 343.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Ukraine | 714,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 707,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 100,900.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Somalia | 673,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 741.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Colombia | 293,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 86.6% | flat |
| 11 | Nigeria | 291,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 12 | South Sudan | 282,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Haiti | 245,000 number of cases | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 214,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Israel | 203,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 1,930.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Niger | 181,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 285.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 174,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 166,000 number of cases | 2022 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 164,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 310.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Philippines | 160,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Mali | 152,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Lebanon | 139,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 4,533.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Chad | 118,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 227.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Yemen | 80,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 25 | India | 67,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 66,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Mozambique | 41,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 173.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 32,000 number of cases | 2022 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Iraq | 21,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15,000 number of cases | 2020 | up 455.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Mexico | 11,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 7,700 number of cases | 2023 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Honduras | 5,100 number of cases | 2023 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Pakistan | 2,800 number of cases | 2023 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Indonesia | 2,200 number of cases | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Papua New Guinea | 2,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Libya | 1,700 number of cases | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Egypt | 1,000 number of cases | 2020 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Uganda | 640 number of cases | 2023 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Guatemala | 580 number of cases | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Burundi | 230 number of cases | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 120 number of cases | 2022 | down 97.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA total 15.26 million number of cases
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.46 million number of cases
- Sub-Saharan Africa 13.46 million number of cases
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 13.46 million number of cases
- Low income 13.23 million number of cases
- Pre-demographic dividend 12.68 million number of cases
- IDA only 10.43 million number of cases
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 8.61 million number of cases
- Early-demographic dividend 6.55 million number of cases
- Lower middle income 5.68 million number of cases
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 2.48 million number of cases
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 2.48 million number of cases
About this data
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.