Extreme poverty rate in Nigeria
41.8% of people in Nigeria lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2022.
Nigeria, 2022
41.8%
Change from 2018
+7.6percentage points
World, 2022
10.9%
Extreme poverty rate in Nigeria over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 41.8% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | 34.2% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 35.8% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 37.4% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 38.5% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 51.1% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 34.2% in 2018, a change of +7.6 percentage points.
- Since 1985, when it was 51.1%, the figure has changed by −9.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 10.9%.
More for Nigeria
All statistics for Nigeria
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
56.2%
2022 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
22.2%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
33.9 (0 to 100)
2022 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
26.3%
2022 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
64.0%
2022 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
92.9%
2022 · World Bank