Botswana Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

The Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) provides validated annual estimates of internal displacement. It tracks two primary metrics: the year-end stock of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the flow of new displacement incidents. The dataset for Botswana is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO and was last updated on 2026-03-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in new displacement incidents based on the 'New Displacements' metric.
• Model the year-end population stock of internally displaced persons (IDPs) over time.
• Correlate displacement flows with potential drivers like conflict or natural disasters mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics: IDP stock and new displacement incidents.
• Licensed under the permissive CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Annual estimates compiled and validated according to the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:31:42.223814; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Botswana