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IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre)
In too many countries, internal displacement is becoming increasingly protracted.
Over the past decade, the number of countries hosting three million or more internally displaced people has tripled.
For millions of people, displacement lasts for years, with few opportunities to rebuild.
IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre)
One decade. One trend.
The number of people living in internal displacement has more than doubled since 2016. Year after year, the figure has grown and remains near record highs.
82.2 million people are displaced within their own countries. The second-highest figure on record.
Internal displacement is a global challenge, affecting countries and territories around the world. But it's also highly concentrated.
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Fragility fuels displacement. Displacement deepens fragility.
The majority of internally displaced people live in fragile and conflict-affected countries, where repeated crises put growing pressure on people, communities and the systems that support them.
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Conflict and disaster displacement often overlap.
Last year, 88 per cent of the countries reporting conflict displacement also reported disaster displacement.
When they collide, people often experience cycles of displacement.
Conflict and violence triggered a record number of internal displacements in 2025.
At the same time, millions of people remain displaced within their own countries, many unable to return home or rebuild their lives.
Emerging, escalating and entrenched conflicts drove record internal displacements in 2025. For the first time on record, conflict and violence displaced people more often within their countries than disasters.
Millions were uprooted, many more than once.
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Emerging, escalating and entrenched conflicts.
For the first time on record, conflict and violence forced people to flee within their countries more often than disasters in 2025.
82.2 million people are displaced within their own countries. The total declined slightly in 2025, but remains near record levels after years of rising internal displacement.
Behind the figure are millions of people unable to rebuild their lives.
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Conflict displacements reached record levels in 2025.
82.2 million people remain displaced within their own countries.
Together, these figures reflect a world shaped by escalating conflicts and unresolved crises.
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IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre)
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The 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) report presents the data and analysis behind the 75.9 million people living in internal displacement as of the end of 2023. It is the ninth editi...
