Wealth is not uniformly distributed among the 36 states of Nigeria. Some of the states like Lagos, Rivers and Delta are quite richer than the other. This post is about the top 10 poorest states in Nigeria this 2020 in terms of GDP.

It is important to note that the poorest states in the country are located in the northern part of the country. Of the 10 states on the list, eight are from the north, one from the east and one from the west.

Yobe State ($2,011)
Yobe state is the poorest state in Nigeria currently. It is located in the northeastern part of the country and has the city of Damaturu as its capital.

The state lies in the dry Savanna belt and as such, it is hot and dry. This state is also one of the most terrorized states in the country.

In term of land area, Yobe is the 6th largest state in Nigeria. The main economic activity in this state is Agriculture done by the locals mainly on a subsistence level.

Gombe State ($2,501)
Gombe state with the city of Gombe as its capital is the 2nd poorest state in Nigeria. Just like Yobe state, it is located in the North East geopolitical zone.

Gombe state is one of the least populated states in the country. The most important economic activity in Gombe state is Agriculture.

Ebonyi State ($2,501)
The capital of Ebonyi state is Abakaliki. This is the only state from South East that is on this list.

The main economic activity in this state is farming which just like in the other states above is done at a subsistence rate.

The standard of living in Ebonyi state compared to other states in the South East is very low.

Ekiti State ($2,848)
Ekiti state is located in the Yoruba dominated south west part of the country.
This state boasts of producing the highest number of professors in the country as well as has some pioneer academics in the state.

Ironically, despite its human and natural resources, it is the south west poorest Yoruba states. Farming is the widespread economic activity in the state.

Jigawa State ($2,988)
Jigawa state is located in the North West geopolitical zone and it is the 5th poorest state in the country and has a GDP of $2,988.

The main economic activity in this state is agriculture.

Nasarawa State ($3,022)
Nasarawa state is one of the states bordering the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It is located in the north-central part of the country (also known as Middle belt).

The city of Lafia is the capital of Nasarawa state and this state is blessed with solid minerals. However, it is mostly being mined by artisans.

The main economic activity in this state is agriculture done mostly at a subsistence level.

Kebbi State ($3,290)
Kebbi state is also located in the northern part of the country. The capital of the state is Birnin-Kebbi.

This state is number 7 on the list of the poorest states in the country. The main economic activity in this state is agriculture.

Taraba State ($3,397)
Taraba state is also located in the north, and has the city of Jalingo as its capital.

Just like the states above, agriculture employs most of the state’s population.

Kwara State ($3,841)
The city of Ilorin is the capital of Kwara state. The state is located in the North central part of the country and it is one of the poorest in the country in terms of GDP

Zamfara State ($4,123)
Zamfara state is an agricultural state and depends on farming.

The state is located in the north western part of the country and it capital is Gusau.


https://nigerianinfopedia.com.ng/poorest-states-in-nigeria/

..

Bad leadership!!! Restructuring = death by hanging to their ears.

God help our future generations. We have failed them grossly!

Ok. Thankz 4 the article

Surprised by Ekiti and Ebonyi making the list...
It's ought to be all northern affair

Wow bornu didn't make it

HeadShot:
Surprised by Ekiti and Ebonyi making the list...
It's ought to be all northern affair

probably because they are in the northern part of their respective nations.

Ekiti is in the North eastern part of the Yoruba nation.
Ebonyi is also at the north eastern part of Igbo nation

Untapped natural resources in the cases of ekiti and nassarawa.

Kwara? Ask bukola saraki, he governed for 8 years!!!!

Including Ekiti on that list make the parameters used unreliable.

So they also have farms in the north. Why can't the fulani herds men feed their cows in their farms instead of coming to South to destroy our farms.

Remove Ebonyi from that silly list....u can replace it will Borno state

Then when crude oil finishes or deplete or stop selling as a black gold it used to be(because of clean energy), then the South South states will join them.

If only the states of the Niger delta know this, they will fight for their right of controlling the resources in their domain 100%.

But guess what they can't and they won't

Hope they are not categorised based on Agricultural nature of their citizens

T

Replace Ebonyi with the shithole Imo state. At least ebonyi has agriculture. What does imo state has except commercial sex hawking.

HeadShot:
Surprised by Ekiti and Ebonyi making the list...
It's ought to be all northern affair

Man's hatred for another

Amotolongbo:
probably because they are in the northern part of their respective nations.

Ekiti is in the North eastern part of the Yoruba nation.
Ebonyi is also at the north eastern part of Igbo nation

nice observation, you are brilliant

Even the top ten States with highest GDP still have lots of poor people in it.

OP were you the person who did the calculation and how did you arrive at those figures?

Nassarawa, Ekiti, Ebonyi states poorer than Adamawa and Kastina States..? Op must have siphon some weed from Wuhan, China..

Nassarawa state is not making use of Its closeness to FCT properly..
There's a huge economic activities going on at Mararaba, Masaka and Kefi, the state gov't aren't taxing enough...

Kogi has better GDP than those states?
Who made the research?

jumper524:
Kogi has better GDP than those states?
Who made the research?

Do you know the mining activity that goes on in kogi ? ...they just have bad government

With the opening of the cement factory in abonyi and the present development ...I truth the next release they won't be their ....even tho I doubt this list tho

Stephenmoka4:
Even the top ten States with highest GDP still have lots of poor people in it.

FACTS

NorthPrince:


Man's hatred for another

No hating bro
Just stating facts
Something the likes of Buhari knows nothing about ....

Nepotism and injustice against the South can never make the North progress...

Arrewa and danarrewa said this list is fake.

rubbish!!! Even s family's networth in these states is more than those figures

This is 2010 stats. 10 years ago and the figures are to be multiplied by one million. FROM WIKIPEDIA 1 Lagos State US$33,679 2 Rivers State US$21,073 3 Delta State US$16,749 4 Oyo State US$16,121 5 Imo State US$14,212 6 Kano State US$12,393 7 Edo State US$11,888 8 Akwa Ibom State US$11,179 9 Ogun State US$10,470 10 Kaduna State US$10,334 11 Cross River State US$9,292 12 Abia State US$8,687 13 Ondo State US$8,414 14 Osun State US$7,280 15 Benue State US$6,864 16 Anambra State US$6,764 17 Katsina State US$6,022 18 Niger State US$6,002 19 Borno State US$5,175 20 Plateau State US$5,154 21 Sokoto State US$4,818 22 Bauchi State US$4,713 23 Kogi State US$4,642 24 Adamawa State US$4,582 25 Enugu State US$4,396 26 Bayelsa State US$4,337 27 Zamfara State US$4,123 28 Kwara State US$3,841 29 Taraba State US$3,397 30 Kebbi State US$3,290 31 Nassarawa State US$3,022 32 Jigawa State US$2,988 33 Ekiti State US$2,848 34 Ebonyi State US$2,732 35 Gombe State US$2,501 36 Yobe State US$2,011
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP

Is this per capita income cause no state GDP can be that low, please indicate it is in millions

Op, u chop witch. who compiled this useless list.