See The 10 Poorest States In Nigeria

According to the National Bureau of Statistics,
these 10 states are the poorest in Nigeria
with over 70% poverty rate.


A survey carried out on the bureau's website,
disclosed that Sokoto remains the poorest state in
Nigeria with an 81.2% poverty rate.


1. Sokoto


Sokoto has unfriendly climate conditions with
temperature going as high as 45C on a normal
day.Most part of the state are rural areas and over
eighty percent (80%) of the inhabitants of Sokoto
practice one form of agriculture or another.


2. Katsina


Katsina is a state in North central Nigeria and has
the highest poverty prevalence amongst all states in
the region.


3.Adamawa


Formed in 1991 from the extinct Gongola state,
Adamawa has of late been terrorized by the Boko
Haram terrorists, disrupting it's economic
development and growth.


4.Gombe


Gombe is another North eastern state which suffers
sporadic attacks from terrorists.


5.Jigawa


6. Plateau


Plateau State is the twelfth largest state of Nigeria
haunted by some terrorist attacks and tribal clashes
from time to time, especially clashes between Fulani
herdsmen and its inhabitants.


7.Ebonyi


Ebonyi is the only south eastern state among the
top 9 poorest country.


8.Bauchi


9. Kebbi


10. Zamfara


Recently the governor was blasted for the "alarming
scope of economic dangers and its potential threat
to the economic development of the state," by the
Zamfara Budget Working Group.


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%).