Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Nigeria
Nigeria: Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality was 13.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Nigeria, 1993–2022
Source: Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 13.0% for interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Nigeria peaked at 25.3% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 2022.
Nigeria ranks 34th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.0% | 16.4% | 21.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 25.3% | 25.3% | 25.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% | 1 |
| 2020s | 13.0% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More poverty & inequality data for Nigeria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.48 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,558 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 7.2% (2007)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.677 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 10.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.2807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.2807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2825 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1863 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Nigeria?
- Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Nigeria was 13.0% in 2022, according to Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest interpersonal trust vs. income inequality recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 25.3% in 2004.
- What is the lowest interpersonal trust vs. income inequality recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 2022.
- How does Nigeria rank for interpersonal trust vs. income inequality?
- Nigeria ranks 34th out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is interpersonal trust vs. income inequality rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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% of respondents replying "Most people can be trusted" when asked "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you need to be very careful in dealing with people?" Possible answers include "Most people can be trusted", "Do not know" and "Need to be very careful".