2026 Global Report on Internal Displacement

While the number of IDPs declined slightly in 2025, this does not reflect a structural improvement. The decrease was partly linked to reported returns, many of which took place under fragile conditions, with people returning to insecurity, damaged homes and limited services. At the same time, emerging, escalating and entrenched conflicts, alongside disasters, continued to uproot people, often repeatedly. Many of those displaced in 2025 had already been living in internal displacement, heightening their needs and vulnerabilities and pushing durable solutions further out of reach. These dynamics highlight how internal displacement reflects deeper instability and unresolved crises. 

Humanitarian aid alone will not suffice to reduce the scale of displacement. To help IDPs put a sustainable end to their situation, governments need to set up policies and take actions that resolve conflicts and build peace, reduce poverty and disaster risk, and enable people to return, resettle, or locally integrate in host communities. Data on displacement and solutions will continue to be key to inform such policies and actions moving forward.