Variable: Internally displaced persons, total displaced by conflict-violence (number)

QoG Code: (wdi_idpvp)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of people). 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. 'People displaced' refers to the number of people living in displacement as of the end of each year.

Type of variable: Discrete

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-19
Last updated by source: 2025-12-19


Categories:

Conflict Migration


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Basic Cross-section - 2025 Basic Time-series - 2025 Standard Cross-section - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 65
Basic time-series: 74
Standard cross-section: 65
Standard time-series: 74

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 2009-2023
Basic time-series: 2009-2023

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This variable has information from the year 2009 to the year 2022