Kazakhstan Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

Kazakhstan data from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD), maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). It provides annual estimates of internal displacement, tracking both the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and new displacement incidents. The data is validated and follows the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in new displacement incidents in Kazakhstan based on the 'New Displacements' metric.
• Model the long-term stock of internally displaced persons (IDPs) based on year-end population figures.
• Correlate displacement flows with conflict or natural disaster events in the region based on the dataset's scope.

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct metrics: stock of displaced people and new displacement incidents.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, permitting open use with attribution.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

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 23:34:05.640859; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kazakhstan