South Africa Internal Displacements: New Displacements and IDP Stock Figures

Annual estimates of internal displacement in South Africa, maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The dataset tracks two primary metrics: the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and the flow of new displacement incidents. It is validated and follows the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in new displacement incidents based on the 'New Displacements' metric.
• Model the long-term stock of displaced persons based on the 'People Displaced' year-end figures.
• Correlate displacement flows with conflict or disaster events mentioned in the description.
• Compare displacement metrics across different years to identify patterns.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Distinguishes between population stock and flow metrics, accounting for multiple displacements.
• 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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates compiled in line with the 1998 Guiding Principles.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:38:20.610993; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Africa