IDU: Daily Internal Displacement Flows in Lebanon

Daily updated event data on new internal displacements in Lebanon caused by conflicts and disasters, provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The dataset offers provisional, initial assessments of displacement flows, with more validated estimates available in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database. It is sourced from various publishers and updated daily since the beginning of 2025.

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement trends based on the daily update frequency and flow data.
• Analyze conflict and disaster impacts based on the event data and cause classification.
• Provide early warning for humanitarian response based on provisional displacement estimates.
• Cross-reference provisional IDU data with validated GIDD stock data for longitudinal analysis.

Strengths

• Updated daily for timely insights into new displacement events.
• Provisional data allows for early assessment of emerging crises.
• Sourced from the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Covers both conflict and disaster-induced displacement flows.

Limitations

• Data is provisional and requires validation against the final GIDD estimates.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection 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 as initial assessments.

Time Range

Data reported since the beginning of 2025.

Freshness

Updated daily; last updated 2026-05-15 05:39:51.959627.

Geography

Lebanon