Description: This 10th edition of the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) once again presents record-breaking figures, with a global estimate of 83.4 million people living in internal displacement at the end of 2024 – more than twice the number reported in the first GRID a decade ago.
Published in: IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025. Full report can be downloaded here.
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Description: The southern state of Rio Grande do Sul experienced above-average rains between the end of April and mid-May 2024, inundating an area the size of the United Kingdom and triggering around 775,000 displacements.340 More than three-quarters took place in the metropolitan area of the state’s capital of Porto Alegre, home to 4.3 million people and located at the intersection of several major rivers.
Published in: IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025. Full report can be downloaded here.
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Description: The most powerful earthquake to hit mainland Japan since the Great East Japan disaster of 2011 struck Ishikawa prefecture on the Noto peninsula on the first day of 2024.232 Nearly 64,000 internal displacements were recorded countrywide, a conservative estimate based only on the movement of people to evacuation shelters.
Published in: IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025. Full report can be downloaded here.
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Description: The most intense floods in more than a decade struck the state of Assam in 2024, triggering 2.5 million internal displacements. They accounted for nearly half of the 5.4 million disaster displacements recorded in India during the year, the highest figure in 12 years.
Published in: IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025. Full report can be downloaded here.
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Description: Japan is a rare example globally in that it registers and follows up on IDPs, allowing to paint a full picture of the duration of disaster displacement. This was further facilitated by the distribution of cards to monitor the inflow of people into evacuation centres.
Published in: IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025. Full report can be downloaded here.
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Description: Syria’s internally displaced population has been among the world’s largest for more than a decade, and 2024 was no exception. Around 7.4 million people were living in internal displacement at the end of the year, the second highest figure on record for the country and surpassed only by Sudan.
Published in: IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025. Full report can be downloaded here.
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Description: Most movements were reported from and within southern districts including Bint Jbeil, Sour and Marjaayoun, particularly from mid-September as Israeli airstrikes and relocation directives increased. The IDF then launched a ground offensive in early October, which led to a sharp increase in displacement, particularly in southern governorates.
Published in: IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025. Full report can be downloaded here.
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