Nigeria IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix: Subnational IDP Figures

Aggregated Internally Displaced Person (IDP) counts for Nigeria are provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) via their Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) API. The data covers national, state (Admin 1), and local (Admin 2) levels with updates through March 2026. These non-sensitive figures support humanitarian monitoring and academic research.

Use Cases

• Analyzing displacement trends across Nigeria's Admin 1 (state) and Admin 2 (local) levels
• Correlating IDP figures with conflict-violence tags to identify high-risk administrative areas
• Integrating subnational displacement counts into humanitarian response dashboards

Strengths

• Official IOM DTM source
• Aggregated at Admin 1 and Admin 2 levels
• Direct API-sourced humanitarian data

Limitations

• Excludes sensitive or granular site-level data
• Unknown column schema and record count
• Aggregated format limits micro-level displacement analysis

Provenance

Source

International Organization for Migration (IOM) DTM API

Collection Method

Field surveys and displacement tracking matrix assessments

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Nigeria