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 (2023 data, Radboud University)

Nigerian states by Human Development Index as of 2023, including the Federal Capital Territory.

Nigerian States HDI in 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 (2023)
High human development
1	Lagos	0.723
2	Ebonyi	0.710
Medium human development
3	Imo	0.690
4	Federal Capital Territory	0.683
5	Anambra	0.679
6	Enugu	0.672
7	Edo	0.644
8	Kogi	0.633
9	Abia	0.631
10	Ekiti	0.621
11	Ondo	0.619
12	Delta	0.618
13	Rivers	0.616
14	Osun	0.615
15	Akwa Ibom	0.611
	Oyo
17	Kwara	0.604
18	Benue	0.591
19	Ogun	0.590
20	Bayelsa	0.587
	Cross River
22	Plateau	0.574
23	Kaduna	0.560
–	Nigeria (average)	0.560
24	Nasarawa	0.559
Low human development
25	Adamawa	0.548
26	Taraba	0.537
27	Niger	0.530
28	Kano	0.497
29	Gombe	0.476
30	Borno	0.475
31	Yobe	0.447
32	Katsina	0.445
33	Sokoto	0.411
34	Zamfara	0.403
35	Jigawa	0.385
36	Bauchi	0.384
37	Kebbi	0.379

List (2016, UNDP)

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

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
–	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