Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Chad
Chad: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 593,000 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Chad, 2009–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Chad recorded 593,000 for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in 2025. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 54.8% on the previous year and up 454.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Chad peaked at 593,000 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 71,000, in 2014.
That places Chad 19th out of 62 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Chad, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 168,000 | — |
| 2010 | 171,000 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 126,000 | -26.3% |
| 2012 | 90,000 | -28.6% |
| 2013 | 90,000 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 71,000 | -21.1% |
| 2015 | 107,000 | +50.7% |
| 2016 | 108,000 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 158,000 | +46.3% |
| 2018 | 90,000 | -43.0% |
| 2019 | 176,000 | +95.6% |
| 2020 | 342,000 | +94.3% |
| 2021 | 397,000 | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 300,000 | -24.4% |
| 2023 | 452,000 | +50.7% |
| 2024 | 383,000 | -15.3% |
| 2025 | 593,000 | +54.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 168,000 | 168,000 | 168,000 | 1 |
| 2010s | 118,700 | 71,000 | 176,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 411,167 | 300,000 | 593,000 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 16 Cameroon 954,000 compare
- 17 South Sudan 945,000 compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 657,000 compare
- 20 Bangladesh 583,000 compare
- 21 Guatemala 573,000 compare
- 22 India 530,000 compare
More social development data for Chad
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1.50 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15,281 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0007 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15,281 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0715 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Chad?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Chad was 593,000 in 2025, according to Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- What is the highest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 593,000 in 2025.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,000 in 2014.
- How does Chad rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Chad ranks 19th out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 454.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as part of Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / origin. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Internally displaced people (IDPs) are persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of, or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, and violations of human rights, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.