Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Internal Displacements (New Displacements) – IDPs

Annual estimates of internal displacement in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The dataset tracks two primary metrics: the year-end stock of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the flow of new displacement incidents. Data is validated and aligns with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term displacement trends based on annual stock figures.
• Analyzing the frequency of new displacement incidents (flows) triggered by disasters or conflict.
• Comparing displacement metrics for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines against global or regional datasets.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Distinguishes between population stock (IDPs) and flow (new displacements) metrics.
• 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.
• Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is dated 2026-03-18.

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 23:38:03.075136

Geography

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines