Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Nigeria
56.2% of people in Nigeria lived below the national poverty line in 2022.
Nigeria, 2022
56.2%
Change from 2018
+16.1percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Nigeria over time
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Nigeria
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 56.2% |
| 2018 | 40.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 40.1% in 2018, a change of +16.1 percentage points.