Nigeria — North-East — Displacement Factsheet 46 (December 2023)

Data collection for IDPs took place between July and September 2023 in 2,068 localities in the six states of north-east Nigeria (Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Gombe, Taraba and Bauchi). Data collection for returnees took place during the same assessment period in the BAY states of north-east Nigeria (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe). 

The DTM identified a total of 2,305,335 IDPs in 472,239 households and 2,083,835 returnees in 343,653 households. The IDP population included IDPs in camps and camp-like settings (929,453 individuals or 40%) and IDPs residing in host communities (1,375,882 individuals or 60%). The returnee population included IDP returnees (1,874,283 individuals or 90%) and returnees from abroad (209,552 individuals or 10%).