El Salvador Internal Displacement Profiling Study, 2016

A profiling study on the dimension, tendencies, and profiles of people and families forced to displace internally due to violence in El Salvador. The study was promoted by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security with support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). It shows that in 2016, 1.1% of resident families had at least one member forced to change residence within the country to avoid violence.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the multi-causal drivers of internal displacement based on the study's profiling of economic, family, and violence-related reasons.
• Estimating the scale of forced internal mobility based on the reported incidence rate of 1.1% of families.
• Informing victim protection and support policies under Axis 4 of the Plan El Salvador Seguro (PESS) based on the study's findings.

Strengths

• Study was conducted under the official Plan El Salvador Seguro (PESS) framework, suggesting institutional backing.
• Provides a specific quantitative finding: 1.1% of resident families experienced internal displacement due to violence in 2016.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a 2016 study; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Profiling study promoted by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) in coordination with the Secretariat of Governance and Communications (SEGOB).

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 14:31:01.875078; freshness should be verified.

Geography

El Salvador