Uruguay Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

Annual estimates of internal displacement in Uruguay, provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The dataset tracks two primary metrics: the number of new displacement incidents and the total number of people living in displacement at year-end. It is maintained in line with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in new displacement incidents based on the 'New Displacements' metric.
• Model the year-end population stock of internally displaced persons (IDPs) based on the 'People Displaced' metric.
• Compare displacement drivers (conflict, disasters) based on the dataset's foundational definitions.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct, standardized metrics: new displacement incidents and year-end IDP stock.
• 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 bias inherent to the source platform.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Comprehensive, validated annual estimates from the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 23:37:56.670189; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Uruguay