Paraguay Internal Displacement Updates (IDU): Daily Conflict and Disaster Flows

The IDU (Internal Displacement Updates) dataset from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) provides daily provisional data on new internal displacements in Paraguay caused by conflict and disaster. It offers initial assessments of displacement flows, representing the most recent available information updated daily. The finalized and validated estimates are later published in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor daily displacement trends based on provisional conflict and disaster event data.
• Analyze displacement flow patterns based on the distinction between 'flows' (new movements) and 'stocks' (total displaced).
• Provide early warning for humanitarian response based on initial displacement assessments.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing timely provisional information on new displacements.
• Focuses on displacement 'flows', capturing new movements rather than cumulative totals.
• Sourced from the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).

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 may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to the collection methodology.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers or sources providing initial assessments.

Time Range

Event data reported since the beginning of 2025.

Freshness

Updated daily; last updated 2026-05-15 05:40:57.676106.

Geography

Paraguay