Poverty and living standards in Katsina, Nigeria: official figures
72.7% of people in Katsina were multidimensionally poor in the 2022 Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (survey 2021/22), about 6.92 million people. That rate is 15th highest of the 36 states and the FCT; the national rate was 63%.
How severe is poverty in Katsina?
Katsina's 6.92 million poor people are 5.2% of the 133 million multidimensionally poor people in Nigeria. On average a poor person in Katsina is deprived in 41.7% of the weighted indicators (the intensity of poverty), giving an MPI value of 0.304.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow many children in Katsina live in poverty?
Children are hit harder: 75.2% of under-18s in Katsina are multidimensionally poor, against 69.3% of adults.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyWhat do poor households in Katsina go without?
The most common deprivations among poor people in Katsina are cooking with wood, charcoal or dung, poor housing materials and undernourished members: 61.4%, 61.0% and 52.2% of all residents are both poor and affected.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyDo poor families in Katsina have clean water and toilets?
29.4% of residents are poor and lack safe drinking water, 48.4% are poor and lack an improved toilet, and 61.4% are poor and cook with wood, charcoal or dung.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow many displaced people are there in Katsina?
244,380 internally displaced people in 34,029 households were counted in Katsina in 2023, 7.23% of the 3,381,228 recorded in the 14 states tracked by the NBS and IOM.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics · saved copyHow Katsina compares with other states
Multidimensionally poor (share of people) (2021/22)
Katsina ranks 15 of 37, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Multidimensionally poor (share of people) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Benue | 75.0% |
| 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% |
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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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