Absence of Internally Displaced Persons (idps)

This sub-indicator measures the total stock of internally displaced persons (IDPs) due to conflict and violence in a given year, adjusted per 100,000 population. IDPs are defined as persons or who have been forced to leave their homes or places of habitual residence as a result of, or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, communal violence or criminal violence and who have not crossed an internationally recognised state border.