List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index
This article presents two lists of Nigerian states by Human Development Index (HDI), including the Federal Capital Territory. The first list from the Radboud University Nijmegen ranks the states by the international HDI-methology. The second list ranks the states by an own methology from the United Nations Development Programme.
List (2021 data, Radboud University)
[edit]Nigerian states by Human Development Index as of 2021, including the Federal Capital Territory.[1]
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0.651 to 0.700
0.601 to 0.650
0.551 to 0.600
0.501 to 0.550
0.451 to 0.500
0.401 to 0.450
0.351 to 0.400
Rank | State | HDI (2021) |
---|---|---|
Medium human development | ||
1 | Lagos | 0.681 |
2 | Ogun | 0.671 |
3 | Anambra | 0.662 |
Delta | ||
5 | Bayelsa | 0.651 |
6 | Rivers | 0.648 |
7 | Imo | 0.647 |
8 | Federal Capital Territory | 0.646 |
9 | Abia | 0.644 |
10 | Enugu | 0.640 |
11 | Oyo | 0.632 |
12 | Edo | 0.627 |
13 | Ekiti | 0.614 |
Osun | ||
15 | Cross River | 0.613 |
16 | Ondo | 0.610 |
17 | Akwa Ibom | 0.608 |
18 | Benue | 0.604 |
19 | Nasarawa | 0.575 |
20 | Kwara | 0.571 |
21 | Ebonyi | 0.569 |
22 | Plateau | 0.564 |
23 | Kogi | 0.557 |
Low human development | ||
– | ![]() | 0.535 |
24 | Borno | 0.512 |
25 | Kaduna | 0.511 |
26 | Taraba | 0.501 |
27 | Adamawa | 0.485 |
28 | Niger | 0.484 |
29 | Kano | 0.481 |
30 | Katsina | 0.451 |
31 | Bauchi | 0.425 |
32 | Zamfara | 0.416 |
33 | Jigawa | 0.409 |
34 | Gombe | 0.408 |
35 | Yobe | 0.363 |
36 | Sokoto | 0.336 |
37 | Kebbi | 0.335 |
List (2016, UNDP)
[edit]Nigerian states by Human Development Index as of 2016, including the Federal Capital Territory.[2]
Rank | State | HDI (2016) | Longevity Index | Education Index | GNI per capita (in USD) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lagos | 0.652 | 0.459 | 1.007 | 7,972 |
2 | Federal Capital Territory | 0.629 | 0.506 | 0.815 | 8,174 |
3 | Bayelsa | 0.591 | 0.475 | 0.926 | 3,441 |
4 | Akwa Ibom | 0.564 | 0.491 | 0.905 | 2,259 |
5 | Ekiti | 0.561 | 0.522 | 0.894 | 1,898 |
6 | Delta | 0.556 | 0.459 | 0.906 | 2,408 |
7 | Cross River | 0.551 | 0.538 | 0.857 | 1,720 |
8 | Ogun | 0.549 | 0.522 | 0.780 | 2,297 |
9 | Rivers | 0.542 | 0.427 | 0.922 | 2,264 |
10 | Abia | 0.541 | 0.506 | 0.881 | 1,629 |
11 | Enugu | 0.541 | 0.506 | 0.894 | 1,573 |
12 | Edo | 0.530 | 0.475 | 0.849 | 1,798 |
13 | Imo | 0.518 | 0.522 | 0.916 | 1,080 |
14 | Osun | 0.512 | 0.506 | 0.855 | 1,225 |
15 | Kwara | 0.511 | 0.506 | 0.697 | 1,910 |
– | ![]() | 0.511 | 0.459 | 0.797 | 1,756 |
16 | Nasarawa | 0.506 | 0.475 | 0.786 | 1,562 |
17 | Ondo | 0.500 | 0.506 | 0.871 | 1,031 |
18 | Anambra | 0.471 | 0.443 | 0.921 | 860 |
19 | Plateau | 0.463 | 0.411 | 0.766 | 1,261 |
20 | Benue | 0.462 | 0.427 | 0.806 | 1,053 |
21 | Taraba | 0.461 | 0.427 | 0.755 | 1,178 |
22 | Kogi | 0.451 | 0.411 | 0.857 | 883 |
23 | Oyo | 0.440 | 0.491 | 0.683 | 851 |
24 | Ebonyi | 0.434 | 0.443 | 0.763 | 788 |
25 | Adamawa | 0.429 | 0.364 | 0.661 | 1,369 |
26 | Kaduna | 0.404 | 0.396 | 0.642 | 885 |
27 | Gombe | 0.401 | 0.443 | 0.492 | 1,113 |
28 | Niger | 0.399 | 0.475 | 0.560 | 772 |
29 | Kebbi | 0.382 | 0.506 | 0.396 | 988 |
30 | Jigawa | 0.360 | 0.427 | 0.431 | 841 |
31 | Kano | 0.359 | 0.427 | 0.496 | 676 |
32 | Zamfara | 0.339 | 0.475 | 0.424 | 575 |
33 | Borno | 0.328 | 0.364 | 0.587 | 475 |
34 | Yobe | 0.325 | 0.380 | 0.330 | 967 |
35 | Bauchi | 0.323 | 0.396 | 0.415 | 626 |
36 | Katsina | 0.303 | 0.459 | 0.440 | 400 |
37 | Sokoto | 0.291 | 0.475 | 0.334 | 448 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "National Human Development Report 2018" (PDF).