Poverty and living standards in Adamawa, Nigeria: official figures
68.7% of people in Adamawa were multidimensionally poor in the 2022 Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (survey 2021/22), about 3.44 million people. That rate is 19th highest of the 36 states and the FCT; the national rate was 63%.
How severe is poverty in Adamawa?
Adamawa's 3.44 million poor people are 2.6% of the 133 million multidimensionally poor people in Nigeria. On average a poor person in Adamawa is deprived in 41.2% of the weighted indicators (the intensity of poverty), giving an MPI value of 0.283.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow many children in Adamawa live in poverty?
Children are hit harder: 70.7% of under-18s in Adamawa are multidimensionally poor, against 66.8% of adults.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyWhat do poor households in Adamawa go without?
The most common deprivations among poor people in Adamawa are poor housing materials, a health facility more than 30 minutes away and food insecurity: 52.0%, 46.3% and 42.5% of all residents are both poor and affected.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyDo poor families in Adamawa have clean water and toilets?
31.5% of residents are poor and lack safe drinking water, 39.1% are poor and lack an improved toilet, and 28.9% are poor and cook with wood, charcoal or dung.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow does insecurity affect poor families in Adamawa?
37.0% of people in Adamawa 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 many displaced people are there in Adamawa?
218,118 internally displaced people in 39,111 households were counted in Adamawa in 2023, 6.45% of the 3,381,228 recorded in the 14 states tracked by the NBS and IOM.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow Adamawa compares with other states
Multidimensionally poor (share of people) (2021/22)
Adamawa ranks 19 of 37, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Multidimensionally poor (share of people) |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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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…)
- National Bureau of Statistics: Demographic Bulletin 2023 datasheet, Annex 3: projected population by state, 2023 (NPC); Annex 8: internally displaced persons by state (NBS/IOM), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 6764616bf151…)
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