American Samoa Internal Displacement: New Displacement Incidents and IDP Stock

The Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) provides validated annual estimates of internal displacement, maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). It tracks two primary metrics: the total number of people living in displacement at year-end (IDP stock) and the count of new displacement incidents (new displacements), accounting for multiple displacements per person. The data for American Samoa is part of this global resource, last updated on 2026-03-18.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement risk based on reported conflict and disaster events mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term trends in internal displacement stock figures for American Samoa
• Estimating humanitarian needs based on new displacement incident counts
• Comparing displacement flows across different years and causal factors

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics (stock and new displacements) as defined in the description
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, permitting open use with attribution

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates compiled into the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:30:53.878498

Geography

American Samoa