Costa Rica Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

The Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) provides validated annual estimates of internal displacement in Costa Rica. It is maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and tracks two primary metrics: the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and the flow of new displacement incidents. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-18.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in new displacement incidents based on the 'New Displacements' metric.
• Estimating the long-term humanitarian burden based on the year-end 'People Displaced' stock figures.
• Modeling displacement drivers by correlating data with conflict or natural disaster events mentioned in the description.
• Assessing displacement risk and planning humanitarian responses for Costa Rica.

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics (stock and flow) for displacement analysis.
• 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 and temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:32:14.287630; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Costa Rica