Northern Mariana Islands Internal Displacement: New Displacement Incidents

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) data for the Northern Mariana Islands, sourced from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The dataset distinguishes between the year-end stock of displaced people and counts of new displacement incidents, which can include multiple displacements of the same individual. It is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO and was last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement risk based on conflict and disaster events mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term trends in internal displacement based on validated annual estimates
• Comparing new displacement incidents against the stock of displaced persons at year-end

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
• Adheres to the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement for definitions
• Distinguishes between population stock and new displacement flows to avoid double-counting

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

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 23:35:12.425031; freshness should be verified

Geography

Northern Mariana Islands