Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Georgia
Georgia: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 301,000 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Georgia, 2009–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Georgia recorded 301,000 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 0.7% on the previous year and up 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Georgia peaked at 301,000 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 207,000, in 2013.
That places Georgia 29th out of 62 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Georgia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 240,000 | — |
| 2010 | 257,000 | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 270,000 | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 280,000 | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 207,000 | -26.1% |
| 2014 | 233,000 | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 239,000 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 229,000 | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 233,000 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 278,000 | +19.3% |
| 2019 | 286,000 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 289,000 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 290,000 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 293,000 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 296,000 | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 299,000 | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 301,000 | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 240,000 | 240,000 | 240,000 | 1 |
| 2010s | 251,200 | 207,000 | 286,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 294,667 | 289,000 | 301,000 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More social development data for Georgia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 26,522 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,302 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0044 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,302 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0067 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Georgia?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Georgia was 301,000 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 301,000 in 2025.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 207,000 in 2013.
- How does Georgia rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Georgia ranks 29th out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia 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.