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 (2019, Radboud University)[]

Nigerian states by Human Development Index as of 2019, including the Federal Capital Territory. A country with a comparable value in the same year is also listed.^[1]

Nigerian States HDI as of 2019

  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 (2019)	Comparable countries (2019)[2]
Medium human development
1	Lagos	0.686	Morocco
2	Ogun	0.675	Iraq
3	Anambra	0.668	Tajikistan
4	Delta	0.667	Tajikistan
5	Bayelsa	0.655	Bhutan
6	Imo	0.653	Bhutan
	Rivers	0.653	Bhutan
8	Federal Capital Territory	0.651	Bhutan
	Abia	0.650	Bhutan
10	Enugu	0.645	India
11	Oyo	0.637	Honduras
12	Edo	0.632	Bangladesh
13	Ekiti	0.619	Federated States of Micronesia
	Cross River	0.619	Federated States of Micronesia
	Osun	0.619	Federated States of Micronesia
16	Ondo	0.615	Laos
17	Akwa Ibom	0.613	Laos
18	Benue	0.609	Vanuatu
19	Nasarawa	0.581	Angola
20	Kwara	0.576	Republic of the Congo
	Ebonyi	0.575	Republic of the Congo
22	Plateau	0.569	Solomon Islands,  Syria
23	Kogi	0.563	Cambodia
Low human development
–	Nigeria (average)	0.539	Ivory Coast
24	Borno	0.517	Togo
25	Kaduna	0.516	Togo
26	Taraba	0.506	Haiti,  Sudan
27	Adamawa	0.488	Ethiopia
28	Niger	0.488	Ethiopia
	Kano	0.487	Ethiopia
30	Katsina	0.456	Mozambique
31	Bauchi	0.429	Burundi,  South Sudan
32	Zamfara	0.420	Burundi,  South Sudan
33	Jigawa	0.415	Chad
34	Gombe	0.412	Chad
35	Yobe	0.368	Somalia
36	Sokoto	0.340	Somalia
37	Kebbi	0.339	Somalia

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

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