IDU: Internal Displacement Updates for Benin

Daily updated provisional data on new internal displacements in Benin from 2025 onward, provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). This dataset focuses on displacement flows caused by conflicts and disasters, offering initial assessments. Finalized and validated estimates are later published in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement flows based on the event-driven, provisional nature of the data.
• Analyze conflict or disaster impact based on the cause of displacement mentioned in the description.
• Cross-reference provisional IDU data with validated GIDD stock data based on the described data pipeline.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing near-real-time insights.
• Sourced from the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Covers displacement events reported since the beginning of 2025.

Limitations

• Data is provisional and requires preprocessing to avoid double-counting, as noted in the description.
• Row count and column-level documentation 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

Aggregated from various publishers or sources for initial assessments.

Time Range

From 2025 onward

Freshness

Updated daily; last metadata update was 2026-05-15.

Geography

Benin