Bermuda Internal Displacement Data: New Displacement Incidents

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are defined by the 1998 Guiding Principles as people forced to flee their homes due to conflict, violence, or disasters without crossing an international border. The Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD), maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, provides validated annual estimates, tracking both the year-end stock of displaced people and new displacement incidents. This dataset focuses on new displacement incidents in Bermuda, counting cases rather than individuals to account for multiple displacements.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement risk based on conflict and disaster triggers mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term displacement trends based on validated annual estimates
• Comparing new displacement incidents against the stock of displaced persons for policy planning

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct metrics: year-end stock of displaced persons and new displacement incidents.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, permitting open use with attribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to hdx.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:31:29.585289; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bermuda