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 (2018, Radboud University)

Nigerian states by Human Development Index as of 2018, including the Federal Capital Territory. A country with a comparable value in the same year is also listed.[1]

Nigerian States HDI as of 2018
  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 (2018) Comparable countries (2018)[2]
Medium human development
1 Lagos 0.673  Kyrgyzstan
2 Ogun 0.662  India
3 Anambra 0.656  Tajikistan
4 Delta 0.655  Tajikistan
5 Imo 0.643  Namibia
6 Bayelsa 0.642  Namibia
Rivers 0.642  Namibia
8 Federal Capital Territory 0.640  Namibia
Abia 0.640  Namibia
10 Enugu 0.634  Timor-Leste
11 Oyo 0.626  Timor-Leste
12 Edo 0.622  Honduras,  Kiribati
13 Ekiti 0.611  São Tomé and Príncipe
14 Cross River 0.609  São Tomé and Príncipe
Osun 0.609  São Tomé and Príncipe
16 Ondo 0.606  Eswatini,  Laos
17 Akwa Ibom 0.604  Laos
18 Benue 0.598  Vanuatu
19 Nasarawa 0.574  Angola
20 Ebonyi 0.567  Cameroon,  Zimbabwe
Kwara 0.567  Cameroon,  Zimbabwe
22 Plateau 0.562  Cameroon,  Zimbabwe
23 Kogi 0.558  Solomon Islands
Low human development
–  Nigeria (average) 0.534  Rwanda
24 Kaduna 0.514  Senegal
25 Borno 0.509  Sudan
26 Taraba 0.501  Haiti
27 Kano 0.483  Malawi
28 Adamawa 0.482  Malawi
Niger 0.482  Malawi
30 Katsina 0.454  Democratic Republic of the Congo
31 Bauchi 0.426  Mali
32 Zamfara 0.415  South Sudan
33 Jigawa 0.414  South Sudan
34 Gombe 0.410  South Sudan
35 Yobe 0.365  Niger
36 Kebbi 0.339  Niger
Sokoto 0.339  Niger

List (2016, UNDP)

Nigerian states by Human Development Index as of 2016, including the Federal Capital Territory.[3]

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
10 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
–  Nigeria 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
  1. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  2. "Human Development Report 2019 – "Human Development Indices and Indicators"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 22–25. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. "National Human Development Report 2018" (PDF).
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