French Guiana Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

The Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) provides validated annual estimates of internal displacement worldwide, maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). It tracks two primary metrics: the year-end stock of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the flow of new displacement incidents. The dataset for French Guiana is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement trends based on annual stock and flow figures.
• Analyzing the impact of conflict or disasters based on new displacement incidents.
• Comparing long-term displacement figures for French Guiana against global data.

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics: population stock and new displacement flows.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from government reports, UN agency data, and NGO assessments.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:33:19.706530; freshness should be verified.

Geography

French Guiana