West Bank and Gaza: Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is downward, about 934.65 a year. A straight line explains 37% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2022 ranking

• Senegal — 1st of 4: 12,000
• Benin — 2nd of 4: 6,900
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 4th of 4: 200

What this measures

Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. "New Displacement" refers to the number of new cases or incidents of displacement recorded over the specified year, rather than the number of people displaced. This is done because people may have been displaced more than once.

Limitations: Please note that most of the figures are estimates. The definition highlights two issues: 1) The coercive or otherwise involuntary character of movement. The definition mentions some of the most common causes of involuntary movements, such as armed conflict, violence, human rights violations and disasters. These causes have in common that they give no choice to people but to leave their homes and deprive them of the most essential protection mechanisms, such as community networks, access to services, livelihoods. Displacement severely affects the physical, socio-economic and legal safety of people and should be systematically regarded as an indicator of potential vulnerability.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 10 values

Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 418,000 (2023)
• Algeria — 23,000 (2023)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 124,000 (2023)
• Iraq — 36,000 (2023)
• Pakistan — 732,000 (2023)
• Yemen, Rep. — 240,000 (2023)

More public sector data for West Bank and Gaza

• Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) — 0.62 (2022)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) — 70 (2024)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) — 71.47 (2024)
• Expense (current LCU) — 4.74 billion (2021)
• Expense (% of GDP) — 26.17% (2021)
• Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%) — 91.17% (2024)
• Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases) — 3.44 million (2023)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100)

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Questions people ask

What is West Bank and Gaza's internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters (number of cases)?

250 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is down 50% from 500 in 2010 (5.61% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 11,000 in 2013 and the lowest 2 in 2019.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), uri: http://www.internal-displacement.org/.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator VC.IDP.NWDS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), uri: http://www.internal-displacement.org/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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