Malawi Internal Displacements: New Displacement Incidents and IDP Stock

Annual data on internal displacement in Malawi, sourced from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). It provides validated estimates for two primary metrics: the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and the flow of new displacement incidents. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-18.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement trends based on annual stock and flow figures
• Analyzing the impact of conflict and natural disasters based on new displacement incidents
• Assessing long-term displacement situations based on year-end IDP population figures

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is from the future (2026-03-18).

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 23:35:24.698897

Geography

Malawi