Federal finance and statistics / National Bureau of Statistics
NATIONAL POVERTY RATES FOR NIGERIA: 2003-04 (REVISED) AND 2009-10 (Abridged Report)
REVIEW OF 2009/10 ABSOLUTE POVERTY RATES ACROSS NIGERIA Poverty is multi-dimensional and no single indicator can capture all the aspects of poverty. We define poverty based on the availability of certain basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, sanitation facilities, pipe-borne water, education, good healthcare and access to information. Statistically however, we determine poverty based on income and/or consumption, which assigns numbers to living standards and makes it easier to calculate poverty. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) captures poverty rates across Nigeria with three dif…
