IDU: Internal Displacement Event Data for Vanuatu

No new displacement events were recorded for Vanuatu in the 180 days preceding the dataset's last update on 2026 -03-26. The IDU dataset, provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, offers provisional daily updates on new internal displacements caused by conflicts and disasters. It represents initial assessments of displacement flows over a rolling 180-day period.

Use Cases

• Monitoring daily updates on new internal displacement flows based on the dataset's 180-day rolling window.
• Analyzing provisional displacement trends from conflict and disaster events based on the event data nature.
• Providing early insights for humanitarian response based on the initial assessments of displacement.
• Comparing provisional IDU event data with validated annual stock data from the Global Internal Displacement Database.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing a near-real-time view of displacement events.
• Covers a rolling 180-day time period for recent displacement flows.
• Data is provided by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provisional and requires careful preprocessing to avoid double-counting, as noted in the description.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Initial assessments aggregated from various publishers or sources.

Time Range

Rolling 180-day period preceding the last update.

Freshness

Updated daily; last recorded update was 2026-03-26.

Geography

Vanuatu