Mozambique Displacement Data - Baseline Assessment - Northern Mozambique Crisis - [IOM DTM]

For R15 baseline assessment, key-informant interview were conducted at district and location-level between January and February 2022. Assessments estimate the presence of 784,564 internally displaced persons (IDPs) mapped across displacement sites and host communities in 208 localities. Security and access restraints in the districts of Nangade, Macomia, Meluco, Mocimboa da Praia, Quissanga, Muidumbe and Palma, have limited data collection to select localities accessible to DTM held teams and focal points.

For this round, 28% of 784,564 IDPs are mapped in relocation sites, temporary centers and host community extensions. One-fitth of total IDPs present at the time of assessment were mapped in Pemba (151,987 individuals), followed by Metuge (124,036 individuals), Mueda (84,822 individuals), Ancuabe (72,526 individuals) and Nangade (64,866 individuals).

The twelfth round of the DTM Baseline assessment was carried out in 155 localities, located in the provinces of Cabo Delgado (102 localities), Nampula (36 localities), Niassa (9 localities), Sofala (2 localities) and Zambezia (6 localities). As of April 2021, an estimated 662,828 IDPs were identied in Cabo Delgado, while an additional 66,913 IDPs were identied in Nampula, 1,200 in Zambezia, 1,133 in Niassa, and 153 in Sofala.

This brings the total number of individuals displaced in the five provinces to 732,227* Internally Displaced Persons, or 155,494 displaced families. Overall, 23% of the IDP population is male, 31% female, and 46% are children.