Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Guatemala
Guatemala: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 573,000 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Guatemala, 2013–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 573,000 for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 128.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Guatemala peaked at 573,000 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 242,000, in 2013.
Guatemala ranks 21st of 62 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 242,000 | — |
| 2014 | 249,000 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 251,000 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 257,000 | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 242,000 | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 242,000 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 242,000 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 242,000 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 242,000 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 242,000 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 573,000 | +136.8% |
| 2024 | 573,000 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 573,000 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 246,429 | 242,000 | 257,000 | 7 |
| 2020s | 407,500 | 242,000 | 573,000 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 18 Azerbaijan 657,000 compare
- 19 Chad 593,000 compare
- 20 Bangladesh 583,000 compare
- 22 India 530,000 compare
- 23 Mozambique 465,000 compare
- 24 Central African Republic 427,000 compare
More social development data for Guatemala
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,586 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 34,994 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (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 0.0019 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 34,994 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 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 Guatemala?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Guatemala was 573,000 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 Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 573,000 in 2023.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 242,000 in 2013.
- How does Guatemala rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Guatemala ranks 21st out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 128.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.