Area Database (v4.2.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poorest households (with IWI value under 35)
Subnational regions
Nigeria
All years

% poorest households (with IWI value under 35)

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
Nigeria (Africa)  
Total 70.7 68.7 66.7 64.8 62.8 60.8 58.9 56.9 55.9 54.9 53.8 52.8 51.8 49.8 47.9 46.0 44.1 42.1 41.1 40.1 39.1 38.1 37.1 36.1 35.1 34.1
Abia 43.5 44.6 45.8 46.9 48.1 49.2 50.4 51.5 45.4 39.3 33.2 27.1 21.0 21.9 22.9 23.9 24.9 25.9 21.9 18.0 14.1 10.2 6.23 4.16 2.08 0.01
Abuja FCT 93.2 80.4 67.6 54.9 42.1 29.4 16.6 3.83 7.15 10.5 13.8 17.1 20.4 19.0 17.6 16.2 14.8 13.4 13.6 13.9 14.2 14.4 14.7 15.0 15.2 15.5
Adamawa 93.7 91.6 89.5 87.4 85.3 83.2 81.1 79.0 78.0 77.0 76.1 75.1 74.1 69.4 64.7 59.9 55.2 50.5 50.0 49.5 49.0 48.5 48.0 47.5 47.0 46.5
Akwa Ibom 74.5 72.2 69.8 67.4 65.1 62.7 60.4 58.0 55.1 52.1 49.2 46.3 43.4 39.8 36.3 32.8 29.2 25.7 24.3 22.9 21.5 20.1 18.8 17.4 16.0 14.6
Anambra 48.1 45.4 42.7 40.0 37.3 34.6 31.9 29.2 27.5 25.7 24.0 22.3 20.5 18.4 16.2 14.0 11.8 9.59 10.2 10.9 11.5 12.2 12.9 13.5 14.2 14.8
Bauchi 89.8 88.9 88.0 87.0 86.1 85.1 84.2 83.2 83.9 84.6 85.3 86.0 86.7 84.9 83.1 81.3 79.4 77.6 74.7 71.8 68.9 66.0 63.1 60.2 57.3 54.4
Bayelsa 59.6 63.1 66.7 70.3 73.9 77.5 81.1 84.7 79.8 75.0 70.2 65.3 60.5 54.4 48.2 42.1 35.9 29.8 32.1 34.5 36.8 39.1 41.5 43.8 46.1 48.5
Benue 86.3 84.4 82.5 80.5 78.6 76.7 74.7 72.8 74.0 75.1 76.3 77.5 78.6 76.3 74.0 71.6 69.3 67.0 62.3 57.7 53.1 48.4 43.8 39.1 34.5 29.8
Borno 97.8 92.4 87.0 81.6 76.2 70.9 65.5 60.1 63.4 66.8 70.1 73.4 76.8 71.8 66.8 61.8 56.8 51.8 50.0 48.3 46.5 44.8 43.0 41.2 39.5 37.7
Cross River 89.1 85.3 81.6 77.8 74.0 70.3 66.5 62.7 63.8 64.8 65.9 66.9 68.0 63.6 59.2 54.8 50.4 46.0 44.4 42.7 41.0 39.4 37.7 36.1 34.4 32.7
Delta 32.5 34.8 37.2 39.5 41.8 44.2 46.5 48.9 46.1 43.4 40.7 38.0 35.3 33.7 32.1 30.4 28.8 27.2 25.0 22.8 20.6 18.4 16.2 14.0 11.8 9.55
Ebonyi 80.0 82.0 84.0 86.0 88.0 90.0 92.0 94.0 88.5 82.9 77.4 71.8 66.3 64.7 63.1 61.4 59.8 58.2 56.7 55.1 53.6 52.1 50.5 49.0 47.5 45.9
Edo 57.0 56.1 55.3 54.5 53.7 52.8 52.0 51.2 46.4 41.6 36.8 31.9 27.1 25.4 23.6 21.8 20.0 18.3 18.5 18.8 19.1 19.4 19.7 20.0 20.2 20.5
Ekiti 96.6 90.4 84.2 78.0 71.7 65.5 59.3 53.1 51.3 49.5 47.8 46.0 44.2 38.4 32.5 26.7 20.9 15.0 18.7 22.3 26.0 29.6 33.3 36.9 40.6 44.2
Enugu 99.9 97.9 95.9 93.9 80.5 67.0 53.6 40.2 43.5 46.8 50.1 53.4 56.7 52.2 47.7 43.2 38.6 34.1 32.0 29.9 27.8 25.7 23.7 21.6 19.5 17.4
Gombe 87.4 86.5 85.6 84.7 83.9 83.0 82.1 81.2 80.6 80.0 79.5 78.9 78.3 74.3 70.3 66.3 62.3 58.4 57.7 57.1 56.5 55.9 55.3 54.7 54.1 53.4
Imo 67.9 60.1 52.3 44.5 36.7 28.9 21.1 13.3 17.0 20.7 24.3 28.0 31.7 29.7 27.7 25.7 23.7 21.7 19.2 16.6 14.1 11.5 8.98 6.43 3.89 1.34
Jigawa 99.9 99.5 99.1 98.7 98.1 97.5 96.8 96.2 94.4 92.6 90.8 89.0 87.2 84.4 81.6 78.8 76.0 73.3 73.8 74.2 74.7 75.2 75.7 76.2 76.7 77.2
Kaduna 88.0 82.2 76.3 70.4 64.5 58.7 52.8 46.9 47.1 47.3 47.5 47.7 47.8 45.5 43.1 40.8 38.4 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.7
Kano 81.1 76.2 71.3 66.4 61.5 56.6 51.7 46.8 50.5 54.3 58.1 61.8 65.6 63.0 60.5 58.0 55.4 52.9 52.9 52.9 53.0 53.0 53.1 53.1 53.1 53.2
Katsina 90.2 85.3 80.4 75.5 70.6 65.7 60.8 55.9 59.9 63.9 68.0 72.0 76.1 73.2 70.4 67.6 64.8 62.0 61.3 60.6 59.9 59.2 58.5 57.9 57.2 56.5
Kebbi 99.9 98.2 96.5 94.8 91.1 87.4 83.7 80.1 79.6 79.1 78.6 78.1 77.6 76.5 75.4 74.3 73.1 72.0 71.2 70.3 69.5 68.6 67.8 67.0 66.1 65.3
Kogi 55.5 54.3 53.0 51.8 50.5 49.2 48.0 46.7 46.9 47.1 47.2 47.4 47.6 45.3 43.0 40.7 38.4 36.1 36.4 36.7 37.0 37.2 37.5 37.8 38.0 38.3
Kwara 51.0 49.7 48.3 47.0 45.7 44.4 43.1 41.8 43.6 45.4 47.1 48.9 50.7 43.8 36.8 29.9 23.0 16.1 18.8 21.6 24.4 27.1 29.9 32.6 35.4 38.2
Lagos 20.3 18.3 16.4 14.4 12.5 10.5 8.55 6.60 6.67 6.74 6.82 6.89 6.96 6.20 5.44 4.69 3.93 3.17 3.95 4.73 5.51 6.29 7.07 7.85 8.63 9.41
Nassarawa 82.9 80.7 78.4 76.2 74.0 71.8 69.6 67.4 66.1 64.9 63.6 62.4 61.1 56.9 52.8 48.6 44.4 40.3 36.9 33.5 30.1 26.7 23.3 20.0 16.6 13.2
Niger 53.4 56.5 59.6 62.6 65.7 68.8 71.8 74.9 72.0 69.0 66.1 63.2 60.3 57.5 54.7 51.9 49.1 46.3 45.2 44.1 43.0 41.9 40.8 39.7 38.6 37.5
Ogun 60.8 57.6 54.4 51.2 48.0 44.8 41.6 38.4 40.2 42.0 43.8 45.6 47.3 44.1 40.9 37.7 34.5 31.3 27.5 23.6 19.8 15.9 12.1 8.20 4.34 0.49
Ondo 64.9 64.5 64.2 63.8 63.5 63.1 62.8 62.4 59.7 57.0 54.3 51.6 48.8 45.0 41.2 37.4 33.5 29.7 30.0 30.3 30.6 30.8 31.1 31.4 31.7 32.0
Osun 27.6 31.4 35.2 39.0 42.8 46.6 50.4 54.2 51.8 49.3 46.9 44.5 42.0 37.1 32.2 27.3 22.4 17.4 20.0 22.6 25.1 27.7 30.2 32.8 35.3 37.9
Oyo 61.0 59.9 58.7 57.6 56.5 55.4 54.2 53.1 50.6 48.1 45.7 43.2 40.7 37.6 34.4 31.3 28.2 25.0 24.8 24.6 24.4 24.2 24.0 23.8 23.6 23.4
Plateau 88.4 84.0 79.6 75.2 70.7 66.3 61.9 57.5 61.3 65.1 68.9 72.7 76.4 72.0 67.6 63.2 58.8 54.4 52.9 51.3 49.8 48.3 46.8 45.3 43.7 42.2
Rivers 64.8 60.9 57.0 53.2 49.3 45.4 41.6 37.7 37.7 37.6 37.5 37.5 37.4 35.6 33.7 31.9 30.0 28.2 25.5 22.7 20.0 17.3 14.6 11.9 9.13 6.41
Sokoto 96.1 96.0 95.9 95.8 95.7 95.6 95.5 95.4 93.0 90.6 88.2 85.9 83.5 80.8 78.1 75.4 72.7 70.1 70.6 71.1 71.7 72.2 72.8 73.3 73.9 74.4
Taraba 55.0 59.5 64.0 68.5 73.0 77.5 82.0 86.5 84.8 83.0 81.3 79.5 77.8 76.4 74.9 73.5 72.0 70.6 69.5 68.5 67.4 66.3 65.3 64.2 63.1 62.1
Yobe 99.1 91.6 84.2 76.7 69.2 61.8 54.3 46.8 54.4 61.9 69.4 77.0 84.5 83.1 81.6 80.1 78.7 77.2 78.1 79.0 79.9 80.8 81.7 82.6 83.5 84.4
Zamfora 99.9 97.0 94.0 91.1 88.0 85.0 82.0 79.0 80.1 81.2 82.3 83.4 84.5 84.1 83.8 83.4 83.0 82.6 79.8 76.9 74.1 71.3 68.5 65.7 62.9 60.0
Lighter numbers are estimates