Bhutan Internal Displacement Updates: Daily Conflict and Disaster Flows

Daily event data on new internal displacements in Bhutan caused by conflicts and disasters, provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The dataset offers provisional information updated daily, representing the most recent available data on displacement flows. Finalized and validated estimates are later published in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement trends based on the daily update schedule mentioned in the description
• Analyze conflict-induced population flows based on the dataset's focus on conflict and disaster events
• Compare provisional displacement estimates with finalized annual data based on the link to the GIDD database
• Assess disaster response needs based on the inclusion of natural and human-made disaster events

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing timely provisional information on new displacements
• Sourced from the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• Focuses on displacement 'flows' (new movements), a key metric for crisis response
• Available via API for programmatic access

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is provisional and may be subject to revision and double-counting, as noted in the description

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Initial assessments aggregated from various publishers or sources

Time Range

Event data reported since the beginning of 2025

Freshness

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

Geography

Bhutan