Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Palestine
Palestine: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 2.04 million in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Palestine, 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 Palestine is 2.04 million, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 820.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Palestine peaked at 2.04 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 12,000, in 2021.
That places Palestine 13th out of 62 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Palestine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 160,000 | — |
| 2010 | 160,000 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 160,000 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 145,000 | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 146,000 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 275,000 | +88.4% |
| 2015 | 221,000 | -19.6% |
| 2016 | 193,000 | -12.7% |
| 2017 | 231,000 | +19.7% |
| 2018 | 238,000 | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 243,000 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 131,000 | -46.1% |
| 2021 | 12,000 | -90.8% |
| 2022 | 12,000 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.71 million | +14125.0% |
| 2024 | 2.03 million | +19.0% |
| 2025 | 2.04 million | +0.1% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 2.04 million is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,000, 30.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 2.04 million is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 997,000, 2.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Palestine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +14125.0% | 12,000 | 1.71 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 1 |
| 2010s | 201,200 | 145,000 | 275,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 988,167 | 12,000 | 2.04 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More social development data for Palestine
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (1995)
- Electoral democracy 0 (1947)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (1995)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (1995)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0089 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.356 (1948)
Frequently asked questions
- What is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Palestine?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Palestine was 2.04 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 2.04 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 in 2021.
- How does Palestine rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Palestine ranks 13th out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 820.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Palestine 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.