South Korea Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

Annual estimates of internal displacement in the Republic of Korea, sourced from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The data tracks two primary metrics: the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and the flow of new displacement incidents. The dataset was last updated on March 18, 2026, and is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between natural disasters and new displacement incidents based on the annual flow metric.
• Analyzing long-term trends in the internally displaced persons (IDP) population based on the year-end stock figures.
• Comparing displacement patterns from conflict versus disasters using the validated, principle-aligned definitions.

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics: population stock and new displacement flows.
• Uses the internationally recognized 1998 Guiding Principles definition for internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description does not specify the exact temporal coverage for South Korea.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates compiled by IDMC.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:34:15.651644; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Republic of Korea (South Korea).