Nigeria Poverty & Inequality Tracker
133 million Nigerians live in multidimensional poverty. This tracker maps where they are, how poverty is changing, who is escaping it — and whether government programs are working.
📊 Nigeria Poverty — Key Numbers (Sample Data)
What Nigeria Poverty Tracker Will Show
🗺️ Nigeria Poverty Heatmap — State by State
Interactive map of Nigeria's 36 states + FCT, colour-coded by poverty rate. Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) per state. Drilldown to LGA level. Compare: which geopolitical zone is poorest? How has each state changed over 5 years?
Sources: NBS Poverty Survey, OPHI Nigeria MPI report
Lagos: 15.3% MPI poor
Abuja FCT: 11.2% MPI poor
💰 Nigeria Poverty Line Tracker
How many Nigerians live below $2.15/day (extreme poverty)? Historical trend from 2010. Adjusted for naira devaluation — what does $2.15/day actually mean in naira today vs 2020? State-level breakdowns from NBS household surveys.
📈 Nigeria Inequality Tracker (Gini)
Gini coefficient trend for Nigeria — is inequality growing or shrinking? Income share of top 10% vs bottom 40%. Compare: Nigeria vs South Africa, Kenya, Ghana. The rich-poor gap in food, education, and health outcomes.
📋 Nigeria Social Register Tracker
Government social protection programs — Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), National Social Safety Net, COPE, and student bursaries. How many households enrolled? How much disbursed? Coverage rate vs number in poverty. Are programs reaching the poorest?
Sources: NASSP, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, World Bank
🧒 Nigeria Child Poverty Tracker
Children in poverty by state — stunting rates (44% nationally), wasting, hunger, school dropout linked to poverty. Which states have the worst child outcomes? UNICEF and NBS data combined.
🏘️ Nigeria Urban vs Rural Poverty
Urban slum populations (Lagos, Kano, Ibadan) vs rural poverty in the North. Poverty by gender — female-headed households vs male-headed. How does location determine life outcomes in Nigeria?
📊 Sample: Nigeria State Poverty Rankings (MPI 2024)
⬆️ 10 Poorest States
2. Sokoto — 90.5%
3. Kebbi — 88.2%
4. Katsina — 87.6%
5. Jigawa — 86.9%
6. Borno — 85.2%
7. Yobe — 84.7%
8. Bauchi — 83.4%
9. Kano — 79.1%
10. Niger — 78.5%
⬇️ 10 Least Poor States
2. Abuja FCT — 11.2%
3. Anambra — 19.7%
4. Enugu — 21.3%
5. Rivers — 22.1%
6. Delta — 24.8%
7. Ogun — 26.4%
8. Oyo — 28.2%
9. Osun — 30.1%
10. Edo — 31.6%
* Illustrative sample data — live data sourced from NBS Multidimensional Poverty Index Report on launch
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