Haiti Internal Displacements Updates (IDU): Daily Conflict and Disaster Flows

IDMC's Internal Displacement Updates (IDU) dataset provides provisional daily data on new internal displacements in Haiti caused by conflicts and disasters. The data represents initial assessments of 'flows' (new displacements) and is updated daily with information aggregated from various sources. Finalized and validated estimates are later published in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement trends in Haiti based on conflict and disaster events mentioned in the description.
• Analyze provisional displacement 'flow' data for early warning and rapid needs assessment.
• Compare preliminary IDU estimates with finalized GIDD 'stock' data for validation studies.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing near-real-time provisional data.
• Focuses on displacement 'flows' (new movements), offering timely insights.
• Sourced from the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).

Limitations

• Data is provisional and requires careful preprocessing to avoid double-counting, as noted in the description.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers or sources providing initial assessments.

Time Range

Data reported since the beginning of 2025.

Freshness

Updated daily; last updated 2026-05-15.

Geography

Haiti