Gabon Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

Annual estimates of internal displacement in Gabon, provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The data includes two primary metrics: the year-end stock of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the count of new displacement incidents. The dataset is validated and maintained according to the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in new displacement incidents based on annual flow data.
• Estimating the long-term humanitarian burden based on year-end IDP stock figures.
• Modeling displacement drivers by correlating incident data with external conflict or disaster reports.
• Tracking displacement over time for monitoring and evaluation of aid programs.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct metrics: population stock and new displacement flows.
• Adheres to the international 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

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.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:32:54.857021; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gabon