Timor-Leste Internal Displacement Data: Annual New Displacements and IDP Stock

The Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD) from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) provides validated annual estimates of internal displacement. It tracks two primary metrics for Timor-Leste: the year-end stock of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the count of new displacement incidents. The data is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO and was last updated on 2026-03-18.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement trends over time based on annual stock and flow figures.
• Analyzing correlations between conflict, violence, or natural disasters and new displacement incidents.
• Estimating humanitarian needs by tracking the population living in displacement at year-end.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics: stock of IDPs and new displacement incidents.
• 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 update timestamp is 2026-03-18 23:37:38.799339.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Annual estimates compiled and validated as part of the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:37:38.799339

Geography

Timor-Leste