Namibia Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

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

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement drivers based on conflict and disaster triggers mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term trends in internally displaced persons (IDPs) based on annual stock figures
• Estimating humanitarian needs based on new displacement incident flows
• Comparing displacement patterns across different causal factors like conflict or natural disasters

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• Distinguishes between population stock and new displacement flows, accounting for multiple displacements
• Uses the standardized 1998 Guiding Principles definition for internally displaced persons

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the source platform

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 23:35:29.939396; freshness should be verified

Geography

Namibia