The 2019 Poverty & Inequality in Nigeria report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday says 82.9 million Nigerians are living in poverty.

This figure represents 40.09% of the total population.

According to the report, 52.10% of rural dwellers are living in poverty while the poverty rate in urban centres is 18.04%.

The last poverty data released by the NBS was in 2010 when 60.9% of the population was living in poverty.

At the time, the country’s total population was 112.4 million translating to 68.4 million people living in poverty.

The NBS, together with the World Bank, used the Nigerian living standards survey (NLSS) to measure poverty and living standards between September of 2018 and October of 2019.

The NLSS measured poverty using the consumption expenditure rather than income.

“The consumption aggregate is the monetary value of food and non-food goods and services consumed by the household,” the report read.

“Thus, the consumption aggregate has the following component: expenditure on food from all sources, schooling and education expenditure, healthcare expenditure, housing expenditure, non-food expenditure like clothing and recreation.”

In June 2018, Brookings Institution said Nigeria has overtaken India as the poverty capital of the world.

The institution had estimated that the number of Nigerians in extreme poverty increases by six people every minute.

This figure represents 40.09% of the total population.

According to the report, 52.10% of rural dwellers are living in poverty while the poverty rate in urban centres is 18.04%

TooMuchStuff:
Audio statistics......!

Extreme Poverty should be 90 million

Normal Poverty is around 85 million

Comfortable ones are 10 millions

Rich ones 5 Million

Stinkingly wealthy 25, 000

TheGodlessGod:
Over 80% from North

Lipscomb:
How much did you have in your bank account... if you're not roaming around begging for money or food doesn't mean you are satisfied.

TheGodlessGod:
I'm not saying this out of tin air and o don't hate the northerners I'm only starting fact made by the United Nations.

It's a fact over 80% of not only poor but also uneducated people comes from the northern part of the country

Davash222:
Buhari and APC don finish us for this country, una dey look dem

Sunshineg5:
I think the poverty rate in must urban areas are often underestimated, while the poverty rate in rural areas are often overestimated in Nigeria.

manuelreports:

Thank you jare
Go to City like Lagos and see for yourself