68.1per cent of people living in Ogun State are poor - Statistics

 

Multidimensional poverty across states in Nigeria

1. Sokoto: 90.5%

2. Bayelsa: 88.5%

3. Gombe: 86.2%

4. Jigawa: 84.3%

5. Plateau: 84%

6. Yobe: 83.5%

7. Kebbi: 82.2%

8. Taraba: 79.4%

9. Ebonyi: 78%

10. Zamfara: 78%

11. Cross River: 75.4%

12. Benue: 75%

13. Bauchi: 73.9%

14. Kaduna: 73.9%

15. Katsina: 72.7%

16. Borno: 72.5%

17. Akwa Ibom: 71.3%

18. Niger: 69.1%

19. Adamawa: 68.7%

20. Ogun: 68.1%

21. Kano: 66.3%

22. Enugu: 63.1%

23. Rivers: 62.4%

24. Kogi: 61.3%

25. Nasarawa: 60.7%

26. Oyo: 48.7%

27. Kwara: 48.3%

28. FCT: 48.3%

29. Delta: 47.6%

30. Imo: 40.7%

31. Osun: 40.7%

32. Ekiti: 36%

33. Edo: 35.4%

34. Anambra: 32.1%

35. Abia: 29.8%

36. Lagos: 29.4%

37. Ondo: 27.2%

Note: percentage of the population who are multi-dimensionally  poor

Source : Day Break  News