Marshall Islands Internal Displacement: New Displacement Incidents and IDP Stock

Annual data on internal displacement in the Marshall Islands, maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). It provides two primary metrics: the year-end stock of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the count of new displacement incidents, which accounts for multiple displacements per person. The dataset is sourced from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement risk based on conflict and disaster triggers mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term trends in internal displacement stock figures for the Marshall Islands
• Estimating humanitarian resource needs based on new displacement incident counts

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct metrics: population stock and new displacement incidents.
• 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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) via the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates collected in line with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:34:58.393743; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Marshall Islands