IDU: Malaysia Internal Displacement Flows from Conflict and Disaster

Daily-updated provisional data on new internal displacements (flows) in Malaysia caused by conflict and disasters, reported since the beginning of 2025. The dataset is provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and offers initial assessments aggregated from various sources. Finalized and validated estimates are available in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement trends based on the daily update schedule mentioned in the description
• Analyze displacement triggers based on the conflict and disaster causes described
• Compare provisional flow data with validated annual stock data based on the relationship to the GIDD database described

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing timely event data
• Covers both conflict and disaster-induced displacement
• Sourced from the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• Available under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is provisional and may be superseded by validated annual estimates

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers and sources providing initial assessments

Time Range

Reports from the beginning of 2025 onwards

Freshness

Updated daily; last metadata update was 2026-05-15 05:40:30.962318

Geography

Malaysia