Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Somalia
Somalia: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 3.35 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Somalia, 2009–2025
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 Somalia is 3.35 million, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 173.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Somalia peaked at 3.86 million in 2022 and was at its lowest, 825,000, in 2017.
Somalia ranks 10th of 62 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1.50 million | — |
| 2010 | 1.50 million | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.46 million | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.35 million | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 1.10 million | -18.5% |
| 2014 | 1.11 million | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.22 million | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 1.11 million | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 825,000 | -25.5% |
| 2018 | 2.65 million | +221.0% |
| 2019 | 2.65 million | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.97 million | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 2.97 million | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3.86 million | +30.2% |
| 2023 | 3.86 million | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 3.14 million | -18.8% |
| 2025 | 3.35 million | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.50 million | 1.50 million | 1.50 million | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.50 million | 825,000 | 2.65 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.36 million | 2.97 million | 3.86 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More social development data for Somalia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 20,967 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 892,037 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.0454 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 892,037 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0011 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 Somalia?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Somalia was 3.35 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.86 million in 2022.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 825,000 in 2017.
- How does Somalia rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Somalia ranks 10th out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 173.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.