Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Small states
Small states: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 247,000 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Small states, 2009–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Small states recorded 247,000 for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in 2025.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Small states peaked at 272,000 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 201,400, in 2009.
Small states ranks 40th of 41 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Small states, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 201,400 | — |
| 2010 | 208,400 | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 208,900 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 210,900 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 212,900 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 212,900 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 272,000 | +27.8% |
| 2016 | 272,000 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 217,000 | -20.2% |
| 2018 | 228,000 | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 228,000 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 228,000 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 243,000 | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 247,000 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 249,000 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 245,022 | -1.6% |
| 2025 | 247,000 | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 201,400 | 201,400 | 201,400 | 1 |
| 2010s | 227,100 | 208,400 | 272,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 243,170 | 228,000 | 249,000 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Small states
More social development data for Small states
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 147,210 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,762 (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 17,762 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0072 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -2.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 147,210 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4.14 % change on previous year (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 Small states?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Small states was 247,000 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 Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 272,000 in 2015.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 201,400 in 2009.
- How does Small states rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Small states ranks 40th out of 41 groups with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small states 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.