Poverty and living standards in Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria: official figures
48.3% of people in the FCT were multidimensionally poor in the 2022 Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (survey 2021/22), about 1.59 million people. That rate is joint 10th lowest of the 36 states and the FCT; the national rate was 63%.
How severe is poverty in the FCT?
The FCT's 1.59 million poor people are 1.2% of the 133 million multidimensionally poor people in Nigeria. On average a poor person in the FCT is deprived in 38.6% of the weighted indicators (the intensity of poverty), giving an MPI value of 0.186.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow many children in the FCT live in poverty?
Children are hit harder: 52.1% of under-18s in the FCT are multidimensionally poor, against 45.4% of adults.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyWhat do poor households in the FCT go without?
The most common deprivations among poor people in the FCT are cooking with wood, charcoal or dung, food insecurity and no improved toilet: 42.4%, 38.8% and 34.7% of all residents are both poor and affected.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyDo poor families in the FCT have clean water and toilets?
14.8% of residents are poor and lack safe drinking water, 34.7% are poor and lack an improved toilet, and 42.4% are poor and cook with wood, charcoal or dung.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow does insecurity affect poor families in the FCT?
15.0% of people in the FCT are both poor and live in a household that suffered a security shock such as theft, kidnapping or attack in the previous year.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow Federal Capital Territory compares with other federal capital territories
Multidimensionally poor (share of people) (2021/22)
Federal Capital Territory ranks 28 of 37, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Multidimensionally poor (share of people) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Nasarawa | 60.7% |
| 26 | Oyo | 48.7% |
| 27 | Kwara | 48.3% |
| 28 | Federal Capital Territory | 48.3% |
| 29 | Delta | 47.6% |
| 30 | Imo | 40.7% |
| 31 | Osun | 40.7% |
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Sources
- National Bureau of Statistics: Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (2022), Appendix D tables by state, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 26498590b192…)
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