Area Database (v4.4)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% households with a phone
Subnational regions
Nigeria
All years

% households with a phone

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 2021 2022 2023
Nigeria (Africa)  
Total 0.01 0.61 1.21 1.81 2.73 3.65 4.57 5.49 14.5 23.4 32.4 41.3 50.3 55.6 60.9 66.1 71.4 76.7 79.0 81.2 83.4 85.7 87.9 86.8 85.7 84.6 83.4 82.3
Abia 0.01 0.60 1.19 1.78 2.89 4.00 5.10 6.21 19.3 32.5 45.6 58.7 71.8 74.0 76.3 78.5 80.7 82.9 85.1 87.4 89.6 91.8 94.0 93.0 91.9 90.8 89.7 88.7
Abuja FCT 0.01 0.93 1.86 2.78 3.85 4.92 5.99 7.06 22.4 37.8 53.2 68.6 83.9 86.0 88.0 90.1 92.2 94.2 94.2 94.2 94.1 94.1 94.1 92.7 91.3 89.9 88.5 87.1
Adamawa 0.19 0.30 0.41 0.52 0.63 0.74 0.85 0.96 7.49 14.0 20.6 27.1 33.6 42.6 51.5 60.4 69.4 78.3 78.2 78.2 78.2 78.1 78.1 75.5 72.8 70.2 67.6 64.9
Akwa Ibom 0.01 0.04 0.07 0.10 1.02 1.94 2.85 3.77 14.4 25.1 35.7 46.3 57.0 62.2 67.4 72.6 77.8 83.0 83.9 84.9 85.9 86.8 87.8 86.1 84.3 82.6 80.8 79.1
Anambra 0.01 0.50 1.00 1.49 4.39 7.29 10.2 13.1 25.7 38.3 51.0 63.6 76.2 79.3 82.4 85.5 88.6 91.7 92.8 93.9 95.0 96.1 97.2 97.1 97.1 97.0 96.9 96.9
Bauchi 2.05 1.80 1.56 1.31 1.07 0.82 0.58 0.33 4.07 7.81 11.6 15.3 19.0 27.2 35.4 43.6 51.8 59.9 62.9 66.0 69.0 72.0 75.0 74.0 73.0 72.0 71.0 70.1
Bayelsa 8.96 7.68 6.40 5.12 3.84 2.56 1.28 0.00 10.4 20.7 31.1 41.5 51.8 59.6 67.3 75.0 82.7 90.4 90.6 90.8 91.0 91.1 91.3 89.5 87.7 85.9 84.1 82.3
Benue 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 0.00 6.43 12.9 19.3 25.7 32.2 40.5 48.8 57.1 65.5 73.8 76.7 79.6 82.5 85.5 88.4 84.6 80.8 77.0 73.1 69.3
Borno 0.96 1.27 1.58 1.89 2.20 2.51 2.82 3.13 7.43 11.7 16.0 20.3 24.6 31.1 37.5 44.0 50.5 56.9 62.4 67.9 73.4 78.9 84.5 84.4 84.3 84.3 84.2 84.1
Cross River 4.80 4.68 4.55 4.42 4.29 4.17 4.04 3.91 11.6 19.4 27.1 34.9 42.6 49.1 55.5 62.0 68.5 74.9 75.7 76.5 77.2 78.0 78.7 75.8 72.8 69.8 66.9 63.9
Delta 6.77 6.23 5.68 5.14 4.60 4.06 3.51 2.97 14.9 26.9 38.9 50.9 62.8 67.1 71.3 75.6 79.8 84.1 86.2 88.2 90.3 92.3 94.4 92.3 90.2 88.1 86.0 83.9
Ebonyi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.76 15.5 23.3 31.1 38.8 44.8 50.8 56.7 62.7 68.7 72.9 77.2 81.5 85.7 90.0 88.2 86.3 84.5 82.6 80.8
Edo 0.01 0.97 1.93 2.89 4.49 6.08 7.68 9.27 22.7 36.0 49.4 62.8 76.2 78.8 81.4 84.0 86.6 89.3 89.7 90.0 90.4 90.8 91.2 91.9 92.5 93.2 93.8 94.5
Ekiti 3.34 2.87 2.39 1.91 1.43 0.96 0.48 0.00 12.4 24.7 37.1 49.5 61.9 67.6 73.4 79.2 84.9 90.7 91.0 91.3 91.6 91.9 92.2 92.0 91.8 91.6 91.4 91.2
Enugu 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 3.33 6.66 9.99 13.3 20.2 27.2 34.1 41.0 48.0 54.8 61.7 68.6 75.5 82.4 84.2 86.1 88.0 89.9 91.8 91.8 91.8 91.7 91.7 91.7
Gombe 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.57 0.86 1.14 5.58 10.0 14.5 18.9 23.3 31.4 39.6 47.7 55.8 63.9 66.5 69.0 71.6 74.2 76.7 75.8 74.9 74.0 73.1 72.2
Imo 0.01 0.19 0.36 0.54 6.40 12.3 18.1 24.0 30.6 37.3 43.9 50.5 57.2 62.6 68.0 73.4 78.8 84.2 86.5 88.9 91.2 93.5 95.8 95.3 94.8 94.3 93.8 93.4
Jigawa 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.70 5.41 8.11 10.8 13.5 22.5 31.5 40.6 49.6 58.6 62.8 66.9 71.1 75.3 79.5 75.3 71.2 67.1 63.0 58.9
Kaduna 0.01 0.40 0.80 1.19 2.57 3.95 5.32 6.70 15.3 23.8 32.4 40.9 49.5 54.7 60.0 65.3 70.6 75.9 78.7 81.6 84.4 87.3 90.1 89.9 89.7 89.5 89.3 89.1
Kano 0.27 0.75 1.22 1.70 2.18 2.66 3.13 3.61 9.95 16.3 22.6 29.0 35.3 43.1 50.8 58.6 66.4 74.1 76.1 78.1 80.1 82.1 84.1 84.2 84.2 84.3 84.4 84.4
Katsina 0.60 0.78 0.96 1.14 1.32 1.50 1.68 1.86 4.96 8.05 11.1 14.2 17.3 26.1 34.8 43.6 52.3 61.1 64.7 68.4 72.1 75.7 79.4 77.1 74.8 72.5 70.2 67.9
Kebbi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.87 7.74 11.6 15.5 19.4 26.9 34.5 42.1 49.7 57.2 61.5 65.8 70.0 74.3 78.6 74.3 70.1 65.8 61.6 57.3
Kogi 0.01 0.15 0.28 0.42 0.67 0.92 1.16 1.41 12.7 24.1 35.4 46.7 58.0 63.0 67.9 72.8 77.8 82.7 83.5 84.4 85.2 86.0 86.9 87.7 88.4 89.2 90.0 90.8
Kwara 1.66 2.06 2.46 2.86 3.26 3.66 4.06 4.46 13.6 22.7 31.7 40.8 49.9 58.1 66.2 74.3 82.4 90.6 90.0 89.4 88.8 88.2 87.6 88.3 89.0 89.6 90.3 91.0
Lagos 0.01 2.62 5.23 7.84 13.9 19.9 26.0 32.0 44.3 56.6 68.9 81.2 93.5 94.1 94.8 95.4 96.1 96.8 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 97.7 96.6 95.6 94.6 93.5
Nassarawa 3.68 3.15 2.63 2.10 1.58 1.05 0.53 0.00 8.41 16.8 25.2 33.7 42.1 49.7 57.4 65.0 72.7 80.4 82.6 84.8 87.0 89.2 91.4 89.0 86.7 84.4 82.1 79.8
Niger 3.35 3.00 2.65 2.30 1.95 1.60 1.25 0.90 8.83 16.8 24.7 32.6 40.6 47.1 53.7 60.3 66.9 73.4 77.3 81.1 84.9 88.7 92.5 90.7 88.8 87.0 85.2 83.3
Ogun 1.19 1.75 2.31 2.87 3.43 3.99 4.55 5.11 15.4 25.6 35.9 46.1 56.4 61.5 66.5 71.6 76.7 81.8 84.6 87.5 90.3 93.1 95.9 92.7 89.5 86.3 83.1 80.0
Ondo 0.48 1.07 1.65 2.24 2.83 3.42 4.00 4.59 14.5 24.4 34.2 44.1 54.0 61.1 68.2 75.3 82.4 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.8 91.2 91.7 90.4 89.2 88.0 86.8 85.5
Osun 7.74 6.67 5.59 4.52 3.45 2.38 1.30 0.23 12.6 25.0 37.4 49.8 62.3 68.0 73.8 79.5 85.3 91.1 90.0 89.0 88.0 87.0 86.0 87.9 89.7 91.5 93.4 95.2
Oyo 0.01 0.75 1.48 2.22 3.39 4.55 5.72 6.88 18.2 29.6 40.9 52.3 63.6 68.6 73.5 78.4 83.4 88.3 89.2 90.2 91.1 92.1 93.0 91.3 89.6 87.9 86.1 84.4
Plateau 0.01 0.69 1.36 2.04 2.74 3.43 4.13 4.82 10.8 16.9 22.9 28.9 34.9 41.4 47.8 54.2 60.7 67.1 71.9 76.7 81.5 86.2 91.0 88.8 86.5 84.3 82.0 79.8
Rivers 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 3.16 6.32 9.48 12.6 23.8 34.9 46.0 57.2 68.3 72.1 75.9 79.6 83.4 87.2 88.9 90.7 92.4 94.2 95.9 93.8 91.7 89.7 87.6 85.5
Sokoto 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.11 0.17 0.22 5.52 10.8 16.1 21.4 26.7 34.6 42.4 50.3 58.1 66.0 69.0 72.1 75.1 78.1 81.2 73.0 64.8 56.6 48.4 40.2
Taraba 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.37 12.7 19.1 25.5 31.9 38.0 44.2 50.3 56.5 62.6 66.8 71.0 75.2 79.4 83.6 81.7 79.8 78.0 76.1 74.2
Yobe 1.19 1.09 0.98 0.87 0.76 0.66 0.55 0.44 2.56 4.68 6.80 8.92 11.0 19.0 27.0 35.0 43.0 51.0 55.6 60.1 64.7 69.2 73.8 72.7 71.7 70.6 69.6 68.5
Zamfora 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.52 0.78 1.04 3.42 5.80 8.17 10.6 12.9 23.1 33.2 43.4 53.5 63.6 65.2 66.8 68.4 69.9 71.5 71.3 71.2 71.0 70.9 70.7
Lighter numbers are estimates