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Top 10 Nigerian States with poorest people

byQuest Times
4 April, 2022
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The number of Nigerians that are poor has been estimated to be 82.9 million.

This is revealed in the latest Poverty and Inequality report released by the National Bureau of Statistics.

According to the Nigerian Living Standards Survey (NLSS) report released by the NBS covering the year 2019, 40.1% of Nigerians are classified as poor by national standards.

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The poverty headcount rate is the percentage of the population living below the poverty line according to national standards.

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Nine of the 10 poorest states are from Northern Nigeria. The only exception is Ebonyi, a southeast state.

Ebonyi is the fourth poorest based on available data from NBS.

Here are the 10 poorest states in Nigeria;

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