List: See Poverty Rate Of Nigeria's 36 States

The United Nations' Global Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index has published a 2015 report-based on data collected on years between 2004 and 2014, about the poverty rate of Nigerian states.

1. Lagos --------- 8.5%

2. Osun --------- 10.9%

3. Anambra --------- 11.2%

4. Ekiti --------- 12.9%

5. Edo --------- 19.2%

6. Imo --------- 19.8%

7. Abia --------- 21.0%

8. Rivers --------- 21.1%

*. FCT (Abj) --------- 23.5%

9. Kwara --------- 23.7%

10. Akwa Ibom --------- 23.8%

11. Delta --------- 25.1%

12. Ogun --------- 26.1%

13. Kogi --------- 26.4%

14. Ondo --------- 27.9%

15. Enugu --------- 28.8%

16. Bayelsa --------- 29.0%

17. Oyo --------- 29.4%

18. Cross River --------- 33.1%
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** National Avg --------- 46.0%
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19. Plateau --------- 51.6%

20. Nassarawa --------- 52.4%

21. Ebonyi --------- 56.0%

22. Kaduna --------- 56.5%

23. Adamawa --------- 59.0%

24. Benue --------- 59.2%

25. Niger --------- 61.2%

26. Borno --------- 70.1%

27. Kano --------- 76.4%

28. Gombe --------- 76.9%

29. Taraba --------- 77.7%

30. Katsina --------- 82.2%

31. Sokoto --------- 85.3%

32. Kebbi --------- 86.0%

33. Bauchi --------- 86.6%

34. Jigawa --------- 88.4%

35. Yobe --------- 90.2%

36. Zamfara --------- 91.9%