Dominican Republic Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements 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 two primary metrics: the year-end stock of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the flow of New Displacement incidents, which counts events rather than unique individuals. This dataset focuses specifically on the Dominican Republic, with the last metadata update recorded on 2026-03-18.

Use Cases

• Modeling annual trends in new displacement incidents based on the 'New Displacements' metric.
• Analyzing the year-end population stock of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) for resource planning.
• Correlating displacement flows with conflict or natural disaster events mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, defined metrics: population stock and new displacement flows.
• License is clearly specified as CC-BY-3.0-IGO.

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 or temporal bias inherent to the source platform.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) via the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates compiled in line with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:32:29.672090; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dominican Republic