Gambia Internal Displacements: Annual New Displacement Incidents and IDP Stock

The Global Internal Displacement Database provides validated annual estimates of internal displacement worldwide, maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. It tracks two primary metrics: the total number of people living in displacement at year-end and the count of new displacement incidents, accounting for multiple displacements per person. This dataset focuses specifically on The Gambia, serving as a resource for understanding long-term displacement trends.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in new displacement incidents based on the 'New Displacements' metric.
• Model the year-end population stock of internally displaced persons based on the 'IDPs' metric.
• Correlate displacement figures with conflict or natural disaster events based on the described causes of displacement.

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics: year-end population stock and new displacement incidents.
• Definitions align with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and temporal coverage for The Gambia are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:33:09.289798; freshness should be verified.

Geography

The Gambia