Congo Internal Displacements: New Displacement Incidents 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 both the total number of people living in displacement at year-end and counts new displacement incidents, accounting for multiple displacements by the same person. This dataset focuses on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country with significant displacement due to conflict and disasters.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement drivers based on conflict and disaster triggers mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term displacement trends based on validated annual stock figures
• Assessing humanitarian needs based on new displacement incident counts
• Comparing displacement patterns across different causes like armed conflict or natural disasters

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct metrics: year-end population stock and new displacement incidents.
• Uses a standardized definition of IDPs aligned with the 1998 Guiding Principles.

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 from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:32:04.691580; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Congo