As of 2022, an estimated population of 88.4 million people in Nigeria lived in extreme poverty, with the poverty threshold at 1.90 U.S. dollars a day. This stood as an increase from the previous year, when around 86.7 million people lived in the said state of poverty. The headcount was expected to maintain the rising trend by 2025, when over 93.7 million Nigerians might live on a maximum of 1.90 U.S. dollars per day.
Number of people living in extreme poverty in Nigeria from 2016 to 2025
(in 1,000s)
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World Data Lab. (November 30, 2021). Number of people living in extreme poverty in Nigeria from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287795/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-poverty-in-nigeria/
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