According to IDMC's Internal Displacement Updates, between 1 August and 31 August 2026 there were 538,990 conflict-driven internal displacements in South Sudan across 3 events. This figure is above the 90th percentile of South Sudan's own monthly record over the previous 18 months, which stood at 138,503. The largest single figure, 520,260, was recorded under communal violence in Warrap with a displacement date of 31 August and sourced from OCHA. A further 18,000 were recorded under the countrywide non-international armed conflict, also sourced from OCHA, and 730 under communal violence in Eastern Equatoria, sourced from IOM DTM South Sudan.
| Rule | Displacement in a month against the country's own record |
| Period | 2026-08-01 to 2026-08-31 |
| Displacement in the month | 538,990 |
| Events in the month | 3 |
| Months of history compared | 18 |
| 90th percentile of that history | 138,503 |
| Judged against | an absolute floor of 50,000; the 90th percentile of the country's own record, 138,503. Fired on: abs_floor, history_percentile. |
| Detected | 13 October 2026, run 19 |