Area Database (v4.1)
Dependency ratio
1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Total | 96.6 | 95.5 | 94.3 | 93.2 | 92.1 | 91.0 | 89.8 | 88.7 | 89.9 | 91.1 | 92.4 | 93.6 | 94.8 | 95.4 | 96.0 | 96.7 | 97.3 | 97.9 | 98.1 | 98.3 | 98.4 | 98.6 | 98.8 | 99.0 | 99.2 | ||||
Abia | 91.1 | 87.9 | 84.8 | 81.6 | 78.5 | 75.3 | 72.2 | 69.0 | 69.3 | 69.6 | 70.0 | 70.3 | 70.6 | 72.7 | 74.8 | 76.8 | 78.9 | 81.0 | 81.8 | 82.6 | 83.4 | 84.2 | 85.0 | 85.8 | 86.6 | ||||
Abuja FCT | 89.6 | 91.3 | 93.1 | 94.8 | 96.6 | 98.3 | 100 | 102 | 97.0 | 92.2 | 87.3 | 82.5 | 77.7 | 76.2 | 74.7 | 73.2 | 71.7 | 70.2 | 72.6 | 75.1 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 82.4 | 84.8 | 87.3 | ||||
Adamawa | 107 | 104 | 101 | 98.6 | 95.9 | 93.3 | 90.6 | 87.9 | 92.1 | 96.2 | 100 | 105 | 109 | 108 | 107 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 104 | 103 | 102 | 102 | 101 | 99.8 | 98.9 | ||||
Akwa Ibom | 97.1 | 93.2 | 89.3 | 85.4 | 81.5 | 77.6 | 73.7 | 69.8 | 70.7 | 71.5 | 72.4 | 73.2 | 74.1 | 73.8 | 73.5 | 73.1 | 72.8 | 72.5 | 72.5 | 72.4 | 72.4 | 72.3 | 72.3 | 72.3 | 72.2 | ||||
Anambra | 120 | 113 | 106 | 98.5 | 91.2 | 83.9 | 76.5 | 69.2 | 72.3 | 75.5 | 78.6 | 81.8 | 84.9 | 83.6 | 82.3 | 81.0 | 79.7 | 78.4 | 81.5 | 84.6 | 87.7 | 90.8 | 93.9 | 97.0 | 100 | ||||
Bauchi | 114 | 114 | 114 | 113 | 113 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 114 | 117 | 120 | 123 | 125 | 126 | 126 | 126 | 127 | 127 | 126 | 125 | 125 | 124 | 123 | 122 | 122 | ||||
Bayelsa | 103 | 102 | 101 | 100 | 99.7 | 98.9 | 98.2 | 97.4 | 93.3 | 89.3 | 85.2 | 81.2 | 77.1 | 77.9 | 78.7 | 79.6 | 80.4 | 81.2 | 82.7 | 84.2 | 85.6 | 87.1 | 88.6 | 90.1 | 91.6 | ||||
Benue | 99.1 | 97.8 | 96.4 | 95.1 | 93.8 | 92.5 | 91.1 | 89.8 | 92.9 | 96.0 | 99.0 | 102 | 105 | 103 | 101 | 99.1 | 97.0 | 95.0 | 92.6 | 90.2 | 87.8 | 85.4 | 83.0 | 80.6 | 78.2 | ||||
Borno | 94.8 | 95.1 | 95.4 | 95.7 | 96.0 | 96.3 | 96.6 | 96.9 | 101 | 105 | 109 | 112 | 116 | 113 | 109 | 105 | 101 | 97.4 | 99.3 | 101 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 109 | 111 | ||||
Cross River | 94.9 | 93.4 | 91.9 | 90.4 | 88.9 | 87.4 | 85.9 | 84.4 | 84.7 | 85.0 | 85.3 | 85.6 | 85.9 | 86.5 | 87.1 | 87.7 | 88.3 | 88.9 | 85.8 | 82.7 | 79.6 | 76.5 | 73.4 | 70.3 | 67.2 | ||||
Delta | 99.0 | 97.2 | 95.4 | 93.6 | 91.8 | 90.0 | 88.2 | 86.4 | 85.8 | 85.2 | 84.7 | 84.1 | 83.5 | 81.5 | 79.5 | 77.6 | 75.6 | 73.6 | 75.5 | 77.4 | 79.2 | 81.1 | 83.0 | 84.9 | 86.8 | ||||
Ebonyi | 102 | 102 | 101 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.1 | 98.5 | 97.8 | 99.0 | 100 | 101 | 103 | 104 | 103 | 102 | 102 | 101 | 100 | 103 | 106 | 108 | 111 | 114 | 117 | 119 | ||||
Edo | 86.5 | 86.1 | 85.6 | 85.2 | 84.8 | 84.4 | 83.9 | 83.5 | 83.1 | 82.7 | 82.4 | 82.0 | 81.6 | 80.2 | 78.9 | 77.5 | 76.2 | 74.8 | 79.6 | 84.4 | 89.2 | 94.0 | 98.8 | 104 | 108 | ||||
Ekiti | 52.9 | 57.2 | 61.4 | 65.7 | 70.0 | 74.3 | 78.5 | 82.8 | 82.0 | 81.2 | 80.3 | 79.5 | 78.7 | 80.1 | 81.5 | 82.9 | 84.3 | 85.7 | 86.2 | 86.7 | 87.3 | 87.8 | 88.3 | 88.8 | 89.3 | ||||
Enugu | 104 | 99.6 | 94.7 | 89.8 | 84.9 | 80.1 | 75.2 | 70.3 | 73.6 | 76.9 | 80.1 | 83.4 | 86.7 | 86.3 | 85.9 | 85.5 | 85.1 | 84.7 | 84.7 | 84.7 | 84.8 | 84.8 | 84.8 | 84.8 | 84.8 | ||||
Gombe | 79.5 | 80.7 | 82.0 | 83.2 | 84.5 | 85.7 | 87.0 | 88.2 | 94.4 | 101 | 107 | 113 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 118 | 116 | 115 | 114 | 112 | 111 | 110 | ||||
Imo | 100 | 96.7 | 93.2 | 89.6 | 86.1 | 82.5 | 79.0 | 75.4 | 77.2 | 79.0 | 80.9 | 82.7 | 84.5 | 84.3 | 84.0 | 83.8 | 83.5 | 83.3 | 83.7 | 84.1 | 84.5 | 84.9 | 85.3 | 85.7 | 86.1 | ||||
Jigawa | 116 | 112 | 109 | 106 | 103 | 99.4 | 96.2 | 92.9 | 98.7 | 104 | 110 | 116 | 122 | 122 | 122 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 124 | 124 | 124 | 124 | 125 | 125 | 125 | ||||
Kaduna | 89.5 | 90.8 | 92.1 | 93.4 | 94.7 | 96.0 | 97.3 | 98.6 | 98.9 | 99.2 | 99.5 | 99.8 | 100 | 98.3 | 96.4 | 94.6 | 92.7 | 90.9 | 94.3 | 97.8 | 101 | 105 | 108 | 112 | 115 | ||||
Kano | 123 | 120 | 118 | 115 | 113 | 110 | 107 | 105 | 107 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 117 | 116 | 115 | 115 | 114 | 113 | 115 | 116 | 118 | 119 | 121 | 122 | 124 | ||||
Katsina | 106 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 123 | 124 | 126 | 127 | 129 | 128 | 126 | 125 | 123 | 122 | 120 | 119 | ||||
Kebbi | 84.3 | 90.1 | 95.9 | 102 | 108 | 113 | 119 | 125 | 123 | 122 | 120 | 118 | 117 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 120 | 120 | 119 | 119 | 118 | 118 | 117 | ||||
Kogi | 69.6 | 71.1 | 72.6 | 74.1 | 75.6 | 77.1 | 78.6 | 80.1 | 81.5 | 82.9 | 84.2 | 85.6 | 87.0 | 86.9 | 86.8 | 86.7 | 86.6 | 86.5 | 86.6 | 86.7 | 86.9 | 87.0 | 87.1 | 87.2 | 87.3 | ||||
Kwara | 68.9 | 74.0 | 79.0 | 84.0 | 89.0 | 94.1 | 99.1 | 104 | 102 | 100 | 98.0 | 95.9 | 93.9 | 93.7 | 93.5 | 93.3 | 93.1 | 92.9 | 95.7 | 98.5 | 101 | 104 | 107 | 110 | 113 | ||||
Lagos | 69.3 | 67.7 | 66.2 | 64.6 | 63.1 | 61.5 | 60.0 | 58.4 | 59.1 | 59.8 | 60.5 | 61.2 | 61.9 | 63.9 | 65.9 | 68.0 | 70.0 | 72.0 | 70.8 | 69.6 | 68.4 | 67.2 | 66.0 | 64.8 | 63.6 | ||||
Nassarawa | 124 | 119 | 115 | 110 | 106 | 101 | 96.6 | 92.1 | 91.9 | 91.7 | 91.6 | 91.4 | 91.2 | 91.8 | 92.4 | 93.1 | 93.7 | 94.3 | 94.1 | 94.0 | 93.8 | 93.7 | 93.5 | 93.3 | 93.2 | ||||
Niger | 102 | 102 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 100 | 100 | 104 | 108 | 111 | 115 | 119 | 117 | 115 | 113 | 111 | 109 | 109 | 108 | 107 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 105 | ||||
Ogun | 92.7 | 90.8 | 88.8 | 86.8 | 84.8 | 82.9 | 80.9 | 78.9 | 83.1 | 87.3 | 91.6 | 95.8 | 100 | 100 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 98.1 | 94.9 | 91.7 | 88.5 | 85.3 | 82.1 | 78.9 | ||||
Ondo | 115 | 111 | 106 | 101 | 96.6 | 91.9 | 87.3 | 82.6 | 84.5 | 86.4 | 88.2 | 90.1 | 92.0 | 90.0 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 84.0 | 82.0 | 82.0 | 82.0 | 81.9 | 81.9 | 81.9 | 81.9 | 81.9 | ||||
Osun | 97.4 | 92.9 | 88.5 | 84.0 | 79.6 | 75.1 | 70.7 | 66.2 | 68.4 | 70.6 | 72.9 | 75.1 | 77.3 | 78.4 | 79.6 | 80.7 | 81.9 | 83.0 | 81.9 | 80.8 | 79.6 | 78.5 | 77.4 | 76.3 | 75.2 | ||||
Oyo | 120 | 113 | 106 | 98.5 | 91.3 | 84.1 | 76.8 | 69.6 | 74.3 | 78.9 | 83.6 | 88.2 | 92.9 | 93.7 | 94.5 | 95.3 | 96.1 | 96.9 | 95.1 | 93.2 | 91.4 | 89.5 | 87.7 | 85.9 | 84.0 | ||||
Plateau | 101 | 99.1 | 96.8 | 94.4 | 92.1 | 89.7 | 87.4 | 85.0 | 88.4 | 91.7 | 95.1 | 98.4 | 102 | 99.3 | 96.9 | 94.4 | 92.0 | 89.5 | 90.4 | 91.3 | 92.3 | 93.2 | 94.1 | 95.0 | 95.9 | ||||
Rivers | 95.8 | 90.8 | 85.7 | 80.6 | 75.5 | 70.5 | 65.4 | 60.3 | 60.1 | 59.9 | 59.8 | 59.6 | 59.4 | 60.4 | 61.4 | 62.3 | 63.3 | 64.3 | 65.8 | 67.3 | 68.7 | 70.2 | 71.7 | 73.2 | 74.7 | ||||
Sokoto | 84.2 | 84.9 | 85.6 | 86.3 | 87.0 | 87.7 | 88.4 | 89.1 | 94.2 | 99.3 | 104 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | ||||
Taraba | 78.6 | 82.6 | 86.6 | 90.6 | 94.6 | 98.6 | 103 | 107 | 106 | 104 | 103 | 102 | 101 | 102 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | ||||
Yobe | 131 | 129 | 127 | 125 | 122 | 120 | 118 | 115 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 124 | 124 | 122 | 121 | 119 | 117 | 115 | 113 | 111 | ||||
Zamfora | 104 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 107 | 110 | 112 | 115 | 117 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 123 | 121 | 120 | 118 | 116 | 115 | 113 |
Lighter numbers are estimates