Zambia Internal Displacement Data: New Displacements and IDP Stock

Annual estimates of internal displacement in Zambia, provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The data tracks two primary metrics: the stock of people living in displacement at year-end and the flow of new displacement incidents. The dataset was last updated on March 18, 2026, and uses definitions aligned with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

Use Cases

• Modeling displacement trends over time based on annual estimates.
• Analyzing the impact of conflict and natural disasters on internal displacement flows.
• Estimating humanitarian needs based on the stock of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
• Comparing displacement incidents versus the number of people displaced, as the data accounts for multiple displacements.

Strengths

• Data is validated by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
• Tracks two distinct metrics: population stock and new displacement flows.
• Uses a standardized definition aligned with the 1998 Guiding Principles.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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 23:38:25.614747; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zambia