Record high of 83.4 million internally displaced people registered in 2024

A report by NGOs confirms the increase in the number of refugees within a country. Particularly affected: the people in the war regions Gaza, DR Congo, Sudan.

Every year, humanitarian crisis experts regularly review the number of internally displaced persons and always find that they have reached a new peak. On this occasion, the record is blushing. By the end of 2024, at least 83.4 million people had had to leave their homes in their own country, either because of a natural disaster or because of violence unleashed by armed conflict. They are almost seven million more than in the previous year and mo…

The number of internally displaced persons has increased by 50% in six years, according to the Observatory for Internal Displacement Situations (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). A record due to various conflicts and natural disasters. - More than 83 million internally displaced persons worldwide at the end of 2024, a record (International).

With 11.6 million internally displaced persons, the Sudan has the largest number of such persons ever registered in a single country, notes the report of the Observatory on Internal Displacement Situations and the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Crises and natural disasters forced millions to flee their own country last year. Often conflicts and violence are the cause - but also the consequences of climate change drive people out of their homes.

Global crisis deepens as internal displacement reaches record high of 83.4 mn in 2024: Report

Violent conflicts remained the leading cause of internal displacement in 2024, forcing nearly 90 per cent of displaced individuals to flee within their own countries