IDU: Internal Displacement Updates for Honduras (Event Data)

Internal Displacement Updates (IDU) event data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) provides provisional information on new internal displacements in Honduras caused by conflicts and disasters. The dataset is updated daily and focuses on displacement flows reported within the last 180 days. The data represents initial assessments aggregated from various sources, with more validated estimates available in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement flows based on the 180-day rolling update window mentioned in the description
• Analyze conflict and disaster triggers for new displacements based on the event data nature
• Compare provisional IDU estimates with validated GIDD stock data based on the described data hierarchy
• Track displacement trends in Honduras based on the geographic focus

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing near-real-time provisional information
• Covers a rolling 180-day time period for recent events
• Produced by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• Data is accessible via API according to the description

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is provisional and may require preprocessing to avoid double-counting as noted in the description

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Initial assessments aggregated from various publishers or sources, updated daily.

Time Range

Rolling 180-day period for new displacement events.

Freshness

Updated daily; last metadata update was 2026-03-26.

Geography

Honduras.