Number of unique individuals who were forcibly displaced and were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Client Individuals: Forcibly Displaced (PI5297)
- Reporting Format Unit Referenced within Metric Definition
- Metric Type Submetric
- Metric Level Product/Service, Organization
- IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2021. Client Individuals: Forcibly Displaced (PI5297). v5.2.
Footnote
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including their categorization of forcibly displaced individuals served. See usage guidance for further information.
Usage Guidance
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This metric is intended to capture the number of individuals served by the organization who have been forcibly displaced, including refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons, and returnees.
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For more information on forcible displacement, see the United Nations’ World Refugee Day website (https://www.un.org/en/events/refugeeday/background.shtml) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 2025 Global Trends Report (https://www.unhcr.org/news/press-releases/number-people-uprooted-war-shocking-decade-high-levels-unhcr).
Related metrics
This is a submetric of Client Individuals: Total (PI4060), which has 17 other related submetrics.
Impact Categories & Themes
Cross Category
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
SDG Goals & Targets
No Poverty
- SDG Target 1.5
- SDG Target 1.4
Zero Hunger
- SDG Target 2.1
- SDG Target 2.2
- SDG Target 2.3
- SDG Target 2.4
Good Health and Well-being
- SDG Target 3.1
- SDG Target 3.2
- SDG Target 3.3
- SDG Target 3.4
- SDG Target 3.5
- SDG Target 3.7
- SDG Target 3.8
- SDG Target 3.9
Quality Education
- SDG Target 4.1
- SDG Target 4.2
- SDG Target 4.3
- SDG Target 4.4
- SDG Target 4.5
- SDG Target 4.a
Clean Water and Sanitation
- SDG Target 6.1
- SDG Target 6.2
- SDG Target 6.4
Affordable and Clean Energy
- SDG Target 7.1
Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG Target 8.1
- SDG Target 8.2
- SDG Target 8.3
- SDG Target 8.5
- SDG Target 8.6
- SDG Target 8.8
- SDG Target 8.10
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- SDG Target 9.1
Reduced Inequality
- SDG Target 10.1
- SDG Target 10.2
- SDG Target 10.3
- SDG Target 10.c
Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG Target 11.1
- SDG Target 11.2
- SDG Target 11.3
- SDG Target 11.5
- SDG Target 11.6
Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG Target 12.3
- SDG Target 12.4
Climate Action
- SDG Target 13.1
Metric History
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June 2025 - IRIS+ v5.3b Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance including updated resources.
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December 2024 - IRIS+ v5.3a Released
No change.
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June 2022 - IRIS+ v5.3 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance for clarity.
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May 2021 - IRIS+ v5.2 Released
No change.
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January 2020 - IRIS+ v5.1 Released
New metric. Client Individuals: Forcibly Displaced (PI5297) was developed via the IRIS+ Education Expert Subgroup.