Cabo Verde Internal Displacements: New Displacement Incidents and IDP Stock

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Cabo Verde are defined in line with the 1998 Guiding Principles. The Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) provides validated annual estimates, tracking both the year-end stock of people living in displacement and new displacement incidents, which count events rather than unique individuals. This dataset is maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement risk based on conflict and disaster triggers mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term trends in internal displacement based on validated annual stock figures
• Estimating humanitarian needs based on new displacement incidents, which account for multiple displacements per person

Strengths

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

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Annual estimates compiled for the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:32:12.335968; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cabo Verde