Taiwan Internal Displacement Data: Annual IDP Stocks and New Displacement Flows

Taiwan (Province of China) data from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD), maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). It provides validated annual estimates of internally displaced persons (IDPs), tracking both the year-end stock of people living in displacement and the flow of new displacement incidents. The data is defined in line with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in internal displacement based on annual stock figures.
• Model the impact of conflict or disasters based on new displacement incident data.
• Compare displacement dynamics across regions using validated global displacement figures.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct metrics: population stock and new displacement flows.
• 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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Annual estimates compiled and validated for the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:37:47.285855; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Taiwan (Province of China)