IDU: Daily Updates on Internal Displacement Flows in Cuba

Daily updated provisional data on new internal displacement flows in Cuba caused by conflicts and disasters, reported since the beginning of 2025. The dataset is provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and offers initial assessments of population movements. Finalized and validated estimates are available in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Track daily displacement trends based on the daily update frequency mentioned in the description
• Analyze displacement triggers based on the conflict and disaster event data described
• Model provisional displacement flows based on the 'flows' data focus
• Compare preliminary and validated estimates based on the relationship between IDU and GIDD datasets described

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing timely event data
• Covers displacement events reported since the beginning of 2025
• Sourced from the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

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 consists of provisional estimates and requires preprocessing to avoid double-counting as noted in the description

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers or sources for initial assessments

Time Range

Events reported since the beginning of 2025

Freshness

Updated daily; last updated 2026-05-15 05:38:46.767094

Geography

Cuba