Poverty and living standards in Kano, Nigeria: official figures
66.3% of people in Kano were multidimensionally poor in the 2022 Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (survey 2021/22), about 10.51 million people. That rate is 17th lowest of the 36 states and the FCT; the national rate was 63%.
How severe is poverty in Kano?
Kano's 10.51 million poor people are 7.9% of the 133 million multidimensionally poor people in Nigeria. On average a poor person in Kano is deprived in 40.8% of the weighted indicators (the intensity of poverty), giving an MPI value of 0.270.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow many children in Kano live in poverty?
Children are hit harder: 69.2% of under-18s in Kano are multidimensionally poor, against 62.8% of adults.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyWhat do poor households in Kano go without?
The most common deprivations among poor people in Kano are poor housing materials, cooking with wood, charcoal or dung and undernourished members: 54.8%, 49.9% and 47.7% of all residents are both poor and affected.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyDo poor families in Kano have clean water and toilets?
26.0% of residents are poor and lack safe drinking water, 36.7% are poor and lack an improved toilet, and 49.9% are poor and cook with wood, charcoal or dung.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow many displaced people are there in Kano?
15,549 internally displaced people in 2,742 households were counted in Kano in 2023, 0.46% of the 3,381,228 recorded in the 14 states tracked by the NBS and IOM.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow Kano compares with other states
Multidimensionally poor (share of people) (2021/22)
Kano ranks 21 of 37, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Multidimensionally poor (share of people) |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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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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