IDU: Daily Internal Displacement Flows in Eswatini

Daily-updated event data on new internal displacements in Eswatini caused by conflicts and disasters. The dataset provides provisional information on population flows, sourced from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement flows based on event data mentioned in the description
• Analyze conflict and disaster triggers for displacement based on the described data categories
• Compare provisional displacement estimates with validated annual stock data referenced in the description

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing near-real-time data
• Sourced from the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• Covers both conflict and disaster-induced displacement

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is provisional and may require 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

Event data reported since the beginning of 2025

Freshness

Updated daily

Geography

Eswatini