Overview

• By the end of April 2025, the global forcibly displaced population fell to 122.1 million from 123.2 million at the close of 2024.
• Internally displaced people now represent 60 percent of the total, reaching 73.5 million after doubling over the past decade.
• Humanitarian aid budgets have reverted to levels last seen in 2015, jeopardizing essential food, shelter, and medical services for refugees.
• The conflict in Sudan added nearly 600,000 refugees in 2024, raising its total to 2.1 million and joining Myanmar and Ukraine as key displacement drivers.
• Returns of Syrians in early 2025 were the primary factor behind the modest drop in global displacement totals.