Somalia Internal Displacements: New Displacement Incidents and IDP Stock

The Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) provides validated annual estimates of internal displacement worldwide, maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). It tracks two primary metrics: the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and the flow of new displacement incidents, which accounts for multiple displacements per person. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in internal displacement based on validated annual estimates.
• Model the relationship between conflict, violence, or natural disasters and new displacement incidents.
• Assess the scale of humanitarian need by tracking the stock of people living in displacement at year-end.

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics: population stock and new displacement incidents.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, permitting open sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates compiled in the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:36:56.798335; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Somalia