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  • Poorest States In Nigeria Revealed!
  • Sokoto State remained the poorest state in Nigeria at the end of 2012. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, it has 81.2% poverty rate.

    According to the information posted on the bureau’s website, the Nigerian states that have over 70% poverty rate include:

    Katsina – 74.5%

    Adamawa – 74.2%

    Gombe – 74.2 %

    Jigawa – 74.1%

    Plateau – 74.1%

    Ebonyi – 73.6%

    Bauchi – 73%

    Kebbi – 72%

    Zamfara – 70.8%


    Niger is the state with the lowest poverty rate which is 33.8%. It was followed by Osun (37.9%) and Ondo (45.7%). Bayelsa (47%) and Lagos (48.6%) have less than 50% poverty rate.

    The average poverty rate in the Northwest geopolitical zone is 71.4%, which remained the highest in the said area. It is followed by the Northeast region which has 69.1% and the North central region which has 60.7%. Poverty was least dominant in the Southwest (49.8%), South-South (55.5%), and South-East regions (59.5%).

    According to NBS, the national unemployment rate at the beginning of 2012 was 23.9%. Statistician-General Yemi Kale said that 112.519 million Nigerians (69%)lived in poverty conditions.

    Zamfara State had the highest unemployment rate which is 42.6%. It was followed by Bauchi (41.4%). Other states that had above 30% unemployment rates include:

    Gombe – 38.7%

    Nassarawa – 36.5%

    Jigawa – 35.9%

    Edo – 35.2%

    Adamawa – 33.8%

    Kaduna – 30.3%


    Unemployment rate in Osun was the lowest. It was followed by Kwara and Lagos.
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