According to report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), about 133 million Nigerians representing 63 percent of the entire population are are multidimensionally poor.
The body says these multidimensionally poor individuals lack sanitation, time to healthcare, food security, and housing.
This was revealed in a press statement issued by the NBS on Thursday on the highlight of the result of the 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey.
According to the report, Over half of the population of Nigeria is multidimensionally poor, with multidimensional poverty higher in rural areas, where 72 percent of people are poor, compared to 42 percent of people in urban areas.
The report also revealed that the national MPI is 0.257, which means poor people in Nigeria experience just over one-quarter of all possible deprivations.
The report further revealed that 65 percent of the poor (86 million people) live in the North, while 35 percent (nearly 47 million) live in the South. Poverty levels across states vary significantly, with the incidence of multidimensional poverty ranging from a low of 27 percent in Ondo to a high of 91 percent in Sokoto.
Over half of the population of Nigeria is multidimensionally poor and cooks with dung, wood, or charcoal, rather than clean energy.
In general, the incidence of monetary poverty is lower than the incidence of multidimensional poverty across most states.
In Nigeria, 40.1 percent of people were poor, based on the 2018/19 national monetary poverty line, and 63 percent are multidimensionally poor according to the National MPI 2022.
Multidimensional poverty is higher in rural areas, where 72 percent of people are poor, compared to 42 percent of people in urban areas.
The national MPI is reported with a linked Child MPI, which provides additional information on multidimensional child poverty in Nigeria.
According to the report, Two-thirds (67.5%) of children (0–17) are multidimensionally poor, based on the national MPI, and a little over half (51%) of all poor people are children.
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