Uganda Internal Displacements: New Displacement Incidents and IDP Stock Figures

Annual estimates of internal displacement in Uganda, 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 was last updated on 2026-03-18 and is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement risk based on conflict and disaster events mentioned in the description
• Analyzing long-term trends in internal displacement stock figures for Uganda
• Estimating humanitarian resource needs based on new displacement incident flows
• Comparing displacement drivers (conflict vs. natural disasters) over time

Strengths

• Data is validated and maintained by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics: stock of IDPs and flow of 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) via the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:37:53.048053; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Uganda