List of Poorest States in Nigeria

the ranking of Poorest states in Nigeria was estimate base on the international poverty rate used by the World Bank which state that any person's earning is less than $2.15 per day is a poor and therefore living in a poverty. 

Here are a list ranking of Poorest state in Nigeria as of 2018 by world Bank. 

  STATES                (% Less than $2.15/day)      

Taraba	80.4%
Sokoto	79.9%
Jigawa	78.8%
Ebonyi	72.8%
Adamawa	63.7%
Zamfara	62.0%
Yobe	59.0%
Niger	55.3%
Bauchi	49.7%
Gombe	47.3%
Nasarawa	44.2%
Plateau	43.3%
Katsina	41.6%
Kano	40.9%
Enugu	39.9%
Kebbi	38.9%
Kaduna	37.3%
Federal Capital Territory	26.1%
Cross River	25.4%
Benue	21.5%
Abia	19.6%
Imo	19.3%
Akwa Ibom	18.4%
Ekiti	17.7%
Kogi	16.2%
Rivers	15.7%
Bayelsa	13.3%
Kwara	11.7%
Anambra	8.8%
Edo	8.8%
Ondo	6.7%
Oyo	5.5%
Ogun	5.0%
Osun	3.8%
Delta	2.9%
Lagos	1.3%

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