France Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stocks

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) maintains this validated annual database of internal displacement in France. It tracks two primary metrics: the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and the flow of new displacement incidents, accounting for multiple displacements. The data is aligned with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement trends over time based on annual estimates.
• Analyzing the impact of conflict and natural disasters on internal displacement flows.
• Comparing year-end internally displaced person (IDP) stocks against new displacement incidents.
• Informing humanitarian response planning based on validated displacement figures.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Adheres to the international 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
• Distinguishes between population stock and flow metrics, accounting for multiple displacements.

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)

Collection Method

Annual estimates compiled and validated as part of the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:32:53.024223; freshness should be verified.

Geography

France