Poverty and living standards in Bauchi, Nigeria: official figures
73.9% of people in Bauchi were multidimensionally poor in the 2022 Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (survey 2021/22), about 5.71 million people. That rate is joint 13th highest of the 36 states and the FCT; the national rate was 63%.
How severe is poverty in Bauchi?
Bauchi's 5.71 million poor people are 4.3% of the 133 million multidimensionally poor people in Nigeria. On average a poor person in Bauchi is deprived in 40.4% of the weighted indicators (the intensity of poverty), giving an MPI value of 0.298.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow many children in Bauchi live in poverty?
Children are hit harder: 76.3% of under-18s in Bauchi are multidimensionally poor, against 70.9% of adults.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyWhat do poor households in Bauchi go without?
The most common deprivations among poor people in Bauchi are poor housing materials, cooking with wood, charcoal or dung and school-age children out of school: 71.9%, 69.2% and 53.9% of all residents are both poor and affected.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyDo poor families in Bauchi have clean water and toilets?
40.7% of residents are poor and lack safe drinking water, 46.7% are poor and lack an improved toilet, and 69.2% are poor and cook with wood, charcoal or dung.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow many displaced people are there in Bauchi?
66,489 internally displaced people in 11,028 households were counted in Bauchi in 2023, 1.97% of the 3,381,228 recorded in the 14 states tracked by the NBS and IOM.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow Bauchi compares with other states
Multidimensionally poor (share of people) (2021/22)
Bauchi ranks 13 of 37, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Multidimensionally poor (share of people) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Zamfara | 78.0% |
| 11 | Cross River | 75.4% |
| 12 | Benue | 75.0% |
| 13 | Bauchi | 73.9% |
| 14 | Kaduna | 73.9% |
| 15 | Katsina | 72.7% |
| 16 | Borno | 72.5% |
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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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