Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Haiti
Haiti: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 1.43 million in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Haiti, 2019–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
The most recent figure for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Haiti is 1.43 million, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 38.0% on the previous year and up 68,042.9% over ten years.
Haiti ranks 14th of 62 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Haiti, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2,100 | — |
| 2020 | 7,900 | +276.2% |
| 2021 | 17,000 | +115.2% |
| 2022 | 171,000 | +905.9% |
| 2023 | 311,000 | +81.9% |
| 2024 | 1.04 million | +233.4% |
| 2025 | 1.43 million | +38.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 1 |
| 2020s | 495,817 | 7,900 | 1.43 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 11 Ethiopia 2.38 million compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 2.06 million compare
- 13 Palestine, State of 2.04 million compare
- 15 Iraq 997,000 compare
- 16 Cameroon 954,000 compare
- 17 South Sudan 945,000 compare
More social development data for Haiti
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 180,702 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 16.67 % 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 0.0152 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 180,702 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 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 Haiti?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Haiti was 1.43 million 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 Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,100 in 2019.
- How does Haiti rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Haiti ranks 14th out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68,042.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Haiti 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.