Over a fifth of poor people experience deprivations in at least half of the dimensions or weighted indicators.


The poorest districts also have the highest intensity of poverty—each poor person is deprived in 51% of the weighted MPI indicators in Kebbi South and Bayelsa

Understand how Education, Health, Living Standards, Work and Shocks contribute to Multidimensional Poverty across the Country.

Poverty manifests not just in lack of income, but also in the lack of basic amenities such as access to healthcare, education, water and adequate sanitation, clean cooking fuels.


62.9% of people—nearly 133 million people—are multidimensionally poor, meaning that they experience deprivations in more than one dimension, or in at least 26% of weighted deprivations.

The Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2022 shows that poor people in Nigeria experience over one quarter of all possible deprivations.

Sixty-five percent of multidimensionally poor people — 86.1 million — live in the North, while 35% — nearly 47 million — live in the South.



A significant portion of this poor population are deprived of clean cooking fuel, adequate sanitation and access to healthcare.

Multidimensional poverty is higher in rural areas, where 72.0% of people are poor, compared to 42.0% of people in urban areas. Approximately 70% of Nigeria’s population live in rural areas, yet these areas are home to 80% of poor people.

The intensity of poverty in rural areas is also higher, at 41.9%, compared to 36.9% in urban areas