wo years after Nigeria overtook India as the nation with the highest number of people living in extreme poverty across the world, the country’s poverty ranks continue to increase.

The World Poverty Clock, a web tool based on World Data Lab’s global poverty model, estimated in June 2018 that 86.9 million people measured to be living on less than $1.90 (N684) a day were resident in Nigeria.

That number has increased by over 15 million in the past two years, according to new figures published by World Data Lab on May 26, 2020.

The total number of people living in extreme poverty in Nigeria now stands at 102,407,327, 50% of the country’s estimated population of over 205 million.

51,766,902 are male, while the remaining 50,640,425 are female, according to the statistics released on Tuesday.

The World Poverty Clock uses publicly available data on income distribution, production, and consumption provided by various international organisations.

World Data Lab said its dataset was updated as of May 2020 to factor in the impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on the population of people living in extreme poverty.

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At least we are consistent in one area