IDU: Daily Internal Displacement Flows in Congo

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) provides daily provisional data on new internal displacements in Congo caused by conflict and disaster. The IDU dataset offers initial assessments of displacement flows, updated daily with information aggregated from various sources. Finalized and validated estimates are published separately in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement trends based on conflict and disaster events mentioned in the description
• Analyze provisional displacement flows for early insights before final validation
• Cross-reference event-based displacement data with annual stock data from the GIDD

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing timely event data
• Provisional information reflects the most recent available data
• Data is provided by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, allowing for open use

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal/source bias inherent to hdx

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers or sources providing initial assessments.

Time Range

Data reported since the beginning of 2025.

Freshness

Updated daily; last updated 2026-05-15 05:38:36.644594

Geography

Congo