Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Nigeria
Nigeria: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 99.97 in 2018. ▬ Flat
Latest (2018)
99.97
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
8th
of 119 countries
All-time high
100
in 1985
All-time low
99.66
in 1996
Years of data
8
1985–2018
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Nigeria, 1985–2018
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 99.97 for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in 2018.
The figure is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Nigeria peaked at 100 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 99.66, in 1996.
That places Nigeria 8th out of 119 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1 |
| 1990s | 99.83 | 99.66 | 100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.97 | 99.97 | 99.97 | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.99 | 99.97 | 100 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More poverty & inequality data for Nigeria
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.48 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,558 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 7.17 (2007)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.677 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 10.55 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.2807 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.2807 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.2825 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1863 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Nigeria?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Nigeria was 99.97 in 2018, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.66 in 1996.
- How does Nigeria rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Nigeria ranks 8th out of 119 countries with data for 2018.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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