North Korea Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

Annual estimates of internal displacement in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The dataset tracks two primary metrics: the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and the flow of new displacement incidents. Data is validated and aligns with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement drivers based on conflict and disaster events mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term displacement trends based on annual stock figures
• Estimating humanitarian needs based on new displacement incident counts
• Comparing displacement metrics across countries using the standardized GIDD methodology

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Follows the standardized 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
• Tracks both stock and flow metrics for a comprehensive view of displacement.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the source.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Annual estimates from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD), likely compiled from validated reports and monitoring.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:36:16.095436; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic People's Republic of Korea