Global Profiles for Internal Displacements (GPID)

Harmonised demographic, socio-economic, and land use contexts for 349 million internal displacements worldwide

Aug 11 2025

Internal displacements due to conflict and disasters are a major driver of human mobility worldwide. While the total numbers of displacement events – by cause, location, and time – are well documented, global estimates of the demographic and socio-economic profiles of impacted communities have been largely missing. This lack of disaggregated data on variables such as age, sex, income, education, health, and land use, has limited our understanding of the diverse vulnerabilities and needs of displacement-affected populations – complicating the work of decision makers tasked with allocating resources effectively.

The Global Profiles for Internal Displacement (GPID) dataset aims to bridge this gap. By combining geolocated displacement data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) with high-resolution global maps of demographic and socio-economic indicators, the dataset provides consistent estimates of key characteristics of populations in locations impacted by internal displacement – annually since 2018 at global, regional, and national level.

Map is for illustration purposes only. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used do not imply oﬃcial endorsement or acceptance by IOM. The geolocated displacement data are courtesy of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC); for the sources of the demographic, socio-economic, and land use data, see Methodology below.

What do these data tell us?

Here are some key global-level takeaways:

Strong demographic disparities: Populations in areas of drought displacement tend to be young (average age: 18.0 years), more male (50.5% men), and include many children (44.2%). At the opposite end of the spectrum, populations in wildfire displacement areas are older (average age: 35.8 years), more female (50.5% women), and include fewer children (19.5%).
Deep socio-economic divides: Populations in areas of drought displacement face overall much lower levels of annual income (average $1,900), education (2.6 years of schooling), and life expectancy (62.9 years) compared to those in wildfire-affected areas ($66,500, 13.3 years, 81.0 years).
Different risks for different livelihoods:
- Storm and flood displacements most heavily impact farming populations, with 42% of land in relevant displacement areas being used for crops.
- Drought displacements disproportionally affect pastoral communities, with 41% of lands used for grazing.
- Conflict and wildfire displacement most strongly impact urban populations, with built-up land making up 69% and 44% of lands.
Patterns are shifting over time: Populations impacted by displacement are more vulnerable today than in the past. The share of children in populations across displacement areas has steadily increased from 28% in 2018 to 39% in 2024. In parallel, average income, education, and life expectancy of affected populations have all been decreasing.

List of variables

The dataset includes the following variables for populations in displacement areas – available annually, for all displacement causes (conflict and 12 disaster types), and at global, regional, and national level:

Demographic profile

Average age
Percentage of females
Percentage of males
Percentage of infants
Percentage of children
Percentage of elders

Socio-economic background

Average income
Average number of schooling years
Average life expectancy

Land use

Percentage of cropland
Percentage of grazing area
Percentage of urban area
Percent of Indigenous People’s land

Download data

The complete dataset, including metadata and conditions of use, is available here.

Access the report

Learn more about the methodology behind the dataset and explore detailed findings for different variables, displacement causes, and world regions in the report Displaced and Diverse.