By Kelechi Deca
In 2022, Nigeria had its first comprehensive Multidimensional Poverty Index, MPI, report, measuring households’ monetary poverty, education and basic infrastructure services deprivation. It incorporated a Child MPI, adding a child development and survival dimension.
The MPI estimates that 133 million Nigerians, or 63 per cent of the population, are multidimensionally poor, with significant disparities in poverty levels across states. Rural areas have higher poverty rates at 72per cent compared to urban areas (42 per cent).
