---
title: "GetDisplacementSummary"
method: GET
path: "/api/displacement/v1/get-displacement-summary"
tags: ["DisplacementService"]
---

# GetDisplacementSummary

`GET /api/displacement/v1/get-displacement-summary`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.worldmonitor.app`
- URL: `https://api.worldmonitor.app/api/displacement/v1/get-displacement-summary`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `X-WorldMonitor-Key`
  - API key in header `X-Api-Key`

Global refugee and IDP statistics from UNHCR. Empty/absent summary with fetched_at=0 or data_available=false means the snapshot is unavailable/degraded, not that global displacement is zero.

## Query parameters

- `year` union
  - 0
  - integer
- `country_limit` integer
- `flow_limit` integer
- `jmespath` string

## Response `200`

OK

- WorldmonitorDisplacementV1GetDisplacementSummaryResponse: GetDisplacementSummaryResponse contains the global displacement summary.
  - `summary` WorldmonitorDisplacementV1DisplacementSummary: DisplacementSummary represents a global overview of displacement data from UNHCR.
    - `year` integer: Data year.
    - `globalTotals` WorldmonitorDisplacementV1GlobalDisplacementTotals: GlobalDisplacementTotals represents worldwide displacement figures.
      - `refugees` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `asylumSeekers` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `idps` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `stateless` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `total` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
    - `countries` WorldmonitorDisplacementV1CountryDisplacement[]
      - `code` string, required: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
      - `name` string: Country name.
      - `refugees` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `asylumSeekers` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `idps` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `stateless` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `totalDisplaced` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `hostRefugees` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `hostAsylumSeekers` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `hostTotal` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `location` WM4: GeoCoordinates represents a geographic location using WGS84 coordinates.
        - `latitude` number, double: Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90).
        - `longitude` number, double: Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180).
    - `topFlows` WorldmonitorDisplacementV1DisplacementFlow[]
      - `originCode` string, required: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the origin country.
      - `originName` string: Origin country name.
      - `asylumCode` string, required: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the asylum country.
      - `asylumName` string: Asylum country name.
      - `refugees` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
      - `originLocation` WM4: GeoCoordinates represents a geographic location using WGS84 coordinates.
        - `latitude` number, double: Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90).
        - `longitude` number, double: Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180).
      - `asylumLocation` WM4: GeoCoordinates represents a geographic location using WGS84 coordinates.
        - `latitude` number, double: Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90).
        - `longitude` number, double: Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180).
  - `fetchedAt` integer: Warning: Values > 2^53 may lose precision in JavaScript
  - `dataAvailable` boolean: True when summary came from the requested seed snapshot. False means an absent/empty summary is graceful degradation because the snapshot is unavailable.

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation error
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `403`: API access requires an active subscription (the API key's subscription is inactive or expired).
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded.
- `503`: Service unavailable. Billing-verification responses include code and X-Billing-Verification; other gateway infrastructure failures use the generic GatewayError shape.
- `default`: Gateway or handler error response.

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