Jamaica Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Jamaica are tracked annually by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) in line with the 1998 Guiding Principles. The dataset provides two primary metrics: the year-end stock of people living in displacement and the count of new displacement incidents, which accounts for multiple displacements per person. It is sourced from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) and was last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term displacement trends based on annual stock figures.
• Analyzing the frequency of displacement incidents based on new displacement counts.
• Assessing the humanitarian impact of natural disasters based on the displacement metrics.
• Comparing displacement patterns in Jamaica with other regions using the globally validated GIDD methodology.

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics: year-end IDP stock and new displacement incidents.
• Follows the internationally recognized 1998 Guiding Principles definition of IDPs.
• Available under the open CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the source reporting mechanisms.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates compiled from global monitoring.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:33:53.717758; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jamaica