South Sudan Internal Displacements: New Displacement Incidents and IDP Stock Figures

Annual estimates of internal displacement in South Sudan, validated 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. It is sourced from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement trends based on annual stock and flow figures mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the impact of conflict and disasters on internal displacement in South Sudan
• Validating displacement estimates for humanitarian reporting based on the IDMC's methodology

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Distinguishes between population stock and new displacement flows, a key methodological feature.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, allowing for 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.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the source platform.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates collected in line with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:37:03.384397; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Sudan