Nigeria Poverty Rate 1985-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Nigeria poverty rate for 2018 was 90.80%, a 1.3% increase from 2015.
- Nigeria poverty rate for 2015 was 89.50%, a 1% decline from 2012.
- Nigeria poverty rate for 2012 was 90.50%, a 0.3% decline from 2010.
- Nigeria poverty rate for 2010 was 90.80%, a 3.2% decline from 2003.
| Nigeria Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
90.80% |
1.30% |
| 2015 |
89.50% |
-1.00% |
| 2012 |
90.50% |
-0.30% |
| 2010 |
90.80% |
-3.20% |
| 2003 |
94.00% |
1.30% |
| 1996 |
92.70% |
0.30% |
| 1992 |
92.40% |
-1.00% |
| 1985 |
93.40% |
-1.00% |
