Poverty Headcount / Nigeria
Nigeria Poverty Headcount
Nigeria poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 56.20%.
COUNTRY: Nigeria
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11
GM ECONOMY RATING
Nigeria · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
14.1 / 20
External stability
13.0 / 15
Financial robustness
11.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
n/a
Demographic capacity
3.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 67% of weighted inputs available.
Time range:
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Nigeria · poverty headcount data as percent of GDP.
Latest
56.20%
Previous
40.10%
Range avg.
48.15%
Rank
1
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CountryNigeria
IndicatorPoverty Headcount
56.20%2022 · Rank 1
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Nigeria recorded 56.20% for Poverty Headcount in 2022, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2018, the indicator increased by 16.10 percentage points, from 40.10% to 56.20%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 2 available observations (48.15%).
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