UN Report: Nigeria’s Multidimensional Poverty Rate Rises to 38.7%, Affecting 90.1 Million People
Nigeria’s multidimensional poverty rate rose from 33% in 2021 to 38.7% in 2024, according to the UN Development Programme’s latest Global Multidimensional Poverty Index report. The report estimates that 90.1 million Nigerians were living in multidimensional poverty in 2024, up from 72.2 million in 2021. Multidimensional poverty measures more than income. It covers overlapping deprivation in health, education and living standards, including access to schooling, nutrition, electricity, clean water, sanitation, housing and cooking fuel. A household is classified as poor when it is deprived in at least one-third of the weighted indicators. The report says Nigeria’s earlier progress has been reversed, with the intensity of deprivation also rising. Poverty levels vary sharply across the country’s regions, ranging from 3.7% to 88.3%, underlining the need for targeted action on the specific services communities lack.
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