News: 2023 Global Report on Internal Displacement

The 2023 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) has been published. It estimates a record high total of over 71 million people displaced within their own countries at the end of 2022, 62.5 million as a result of conflict and violence and 8.7 million as a result of disasters. From IDMC's press release:

"Internal displacement is a global phenomenon, but nearly three-quarters of the world’s IDPs live in just 10 countries - Syria, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ukraine, Colombia, Ethiopia, Yemen, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan - many as a result of unresolved conflicts that continued to trigger significant displacement in 2022.

  Conflict and violence triggered 28.3 million internal displacements worldwide, a figure three times higher than the annual average over the past decade. Beyond Ukraine, nine million or 32 per cent of the global total were recorded in sub-Saharan Africa. DRC accounted for around four million and Ethiopia just over two million.  

  The number of disaster displacements rose by nearly 40 per cent compared to the previous year, reaching 32.6 million, largely the result of the effects of La Niña which continued for a third consecutive year. South Asia recorded the highest regional figure, surpassing East Asia and the Pacific for the first time in a decade. In the Horn of Africa, the worst drought in 40 years triggered 2.1 million movements, including 1.1 million in Somalia alone, while fuelling acute food insecurity across the region."

Visit the landing page for highlights, media information, graphics and videos. The report can be downloaded in full or by section. Part 1 looks at the global picture, while part 2 focuses on food security. Background papers relating to part 2 and country-specific figures are also available via the same download link. 

Previous iterations of the report can be accessed here.