IDU: Internal Displacement Updates for Conflict and Disaster Events

The Internal Displacement Updates (IDU) dataset from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) provides provisional event data on new internal displacements. It offers daily updates on displacement flows caused by conflict and disasters over a 180-day period. The finalized and validated data is published in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor near-real-time displacement flows based on the 180-day event window described.
• Analyze triggers of internal displacement based on the conflict and disaster causes mentioned.
• Compare provisional event data with validated annual stock data based on the link to the GIDD.
• Track geographic patterns of new displacement events based on the country-level focus.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing timely provisional information.
• Focuses on a 180-day window for recent displacement events.
• Data is provided by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).

Limitations

• Data is provisional and requires validation against the final GIDD.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers or sources for initial assessments.

Time Range

Last 180 days (rolling window).

Freshness

Updated daily; last metadata update was 2026-03 26.

Geography

Comoros (country-specific).