IDU: Daily Internal Displacement Flows in Malawi

Internal Displacement Updates (IDU) provide provisional data on new internal displacements in Malawi caused by conflict and disasters. The dataset, produced by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), offers daily updates on displacement flows starting from 2025. It serves as an initial assessment, with validated estimates later published in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database.

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement trends based on the event-driven, flow-focused data.
• Analyze the immediate impact of specific conflicts or disasters based on provisional displacement estimates.
• Provide early warning for humanitarian response planning based on the daily updated information.
• Compare provisional IDU data with finalized annual GIDD estimates to understand data validation processes.

Strengths

• Data is updated daily, offering high-frequency insights.
• Provisional estimates are sourced from multiple publishers, providing early event coverage.
• Focuses specifically on displacement 'flows' (new movements).

Limitations

• Data is provisional and may be subject to change upon validation.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers or sources providing initial assessments.

Time Range

Reports from the beginning of 2025 onward.

Freshness

Updated daily; last updated 2026-05-15.

Geography

Malawi