China Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

The Global Internal Displacement Database provides validated annual estimates of internal displacement worldwide, maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. It tracks two primary metrics: the year-end stock of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the flow of new displacement incidents, accounting for multiple displacements per person. This dataset focuses on China, offering a resource for analyzing displacement trends resulting from conflict, violence, and disasters.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement risk based on conflict and disaster triggers mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term trends in internal displacement figures for China
• Estimating humanitarian needs based on the stock of people living in displacement
• Comparing displacement flows (new incidents) against displacement stocks (IDP populations)

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• Distinguishes between population stock and new displacement flows, a key methodological feature
• 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
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates compiled for the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:31:53.014206; freshness should be verified

Geography

China