Bangladesh Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

Annual estimates of internal displacement in Bangladesh, sourced from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The data tracks two primary metrics: the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and the flow of new displacement incidents. It is validated and follows the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement trends based on annual estimates of new displacement incidents.
• Analyzing the long-term impact of conflict and violence on internal displacement stock figures.
• Assessing the humanitarian consequences of natural disasters based on validated displacement data.
• Comparing displacement flows and stocks over time for policy and resource planning.

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Follows the standardized 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
• Tracks two distinct metrics: population stock and new displacement flows.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) via the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates compiled by IDMC.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:31:16.011273; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bangladesh