Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Senegal
Senegal: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 5,900 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Senegal, 2009–2024
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 Senegal is 5,900, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 29.8% on the previous year and down 75.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Senegal peaked at 24,000 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5,900, in 2024.
Senegal ranks 52nd of 62 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 24,000 | — |
| 2010 | 24,000 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 24,000 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 22,000 | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 24,000 | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 24,000 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 24,000 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 24,000 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 22,000 | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 18,000 | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 8,400 | -53.3% |
| 2020 | 8,400 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8,400 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8,400 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8,400 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5,900 | -29.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 | 1 |
| 2010s | 21,440 | 8,400 | 24,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,900 | 5,900 | 8,400 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 50 Armenia 7,600 compare
- 51 Burundi 6,800 compare
- 53 Sri Lanka 4,800 compare
- 54 Kyrgyzstan 4,000 compare
- 54 Turkmenistan 4,000 compare
More social development data for Senegal
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,259 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 13,028 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (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 13,028 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0009 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 Senegal?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Senegal was 5,900 in 2024, 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 24,000 in 2009.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,900 in 2024.
- How does Senegal rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Senegal ranks 52nd out of 62 countries with data for 2024.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.