List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index#2019

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 2022, including the Federal Capital Territory.{{Cite web|url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/?interpolation=0&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0|title=Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab|website=globaldatalab.org|access-date=2020-02-27}}

File:Nigerian States 2018 HDI.svg

class="wikitable sortable" ! class="sort" \|Rank ! class="sort" \|State ! class="sort" \|HDI (2023)
colspan="3" style="color:#008000;" \|High human development
1 \|Lagos \|0.721
2 \|Anambra \|0.706
colspan="3" style="color:#fc0;" \|Medium human development
3 \|Imo \|0.693
4 \| style="text-align:left" \|Federal Capital Territory \|0.678
5 \|Cross River \|0.675
6 \|Abia \|0.674
7 \|Enugu \|0.667
8 \|Edo \|0.633
9 \|Kogi \|0.625
10 \|Ebonyi \|0.622
11 \|Ekiti \|0.612
12 \|Ondo \|0.611
rowspan="2" \|13 \|Delta \| rowspan="2" \|0.607
Osun
15 \|Oyo \|0.603
16 \|Akwa Ibom \|0.602
17 \|Rivers \|0.601
18 \| style="text-align:left" \|Kwara \|0.597
19 \|Benue \|0.582
20 \|Bayelsa \|0.573
21 \|Ogun \|0.569
22 \|Plateau \|0.563
colspan="3" style="color:#900;" \|Low human development
23 \|Nasarawa \|0.549
style="background:#e6e6e6" \|– \| style="text-align:left" \|{{NGA}} (average) \|0.548
24 \|Kaduna \|0.545
25 \|Adamawa \|0.539
26 \|Taraba \|0.527
27 \|Niger \|0.523
28 \|Kano \|0.482
29 \|Gombe \|0.466
30 \|Borno \|0.464
31 \|Yobe \|0.439
32 \|Katsina \|0.431
33 \|Sokoto \|0.397
34 \|Zamfara \|0.392
35 \| style="text-align:left" \|Bauchi \|0.372
36 \|Jigawa \|0.371
37 \|Kebbi \|0.366

class="wikitable sortable"

! class="sort" |Rank

! class="sort" |State

! class="sort" |HDI (2023)

colspan="3" style="color:#008000;" |High human development

1

|Lagos

|0.721

2

|Anambra

|0.706

colspan="3" style="color:#fc0;" |Medium human development

3

|Imo

|0.693

4

| style="text-align:left" |Federal Capital Territory

|0.678

5

|Cross River

|0.675

6

|Abia

|0.674

7

|Enugu

|0.667

8

|Edo

|0.633

9

|Kogi

|0.625

10

|Ebonyi

|0.622

11

|Ekiti

|0.612

12

|Ondo

|0.611

rowspan="2" |13

|Delta

| rowspan="2" |0.607

Osun

15

|Oyo

|0.603

16

|Akwa Ibom

|0.602

17

|Rivers

|0.601

18

| style="text-align:left" |Kwara

|0.597

19

|Benue

|0.582

20

|Bayelsa

|0.573

21

|Ogun

|0.569

22

|Plateau

|0.563

colspan="3" style="color:#900;" |Low human development

23

|Nasarawa

|0.549

style="background:#e6e6e6"

|–

| style="text-align:left" |{{NGA}} (average)

|0.548

24

|Kaduna

|0.545

25

|Adamawa

|0.539

26

|Taraba

|0.527

27

|Niger

|0.523

28

|Kano

|0.482

29

|Gombe

|0.466

30

|Borno

|0.464

31

|Yobe

|0.439

32

|Katsina

|0.431

33

|Sokoto

|0.397

34

|Zamfara

|0.392

35

| style="text-align:left" |Bauchi

|0.372

36

|Jigawa

|0.371

37

|Kebbi

|0.366

List (2016, UNDP)

Nigerian states by Human Development Index as of 2016, including the Federal Capital Territory.{{Cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr_2018_nigeria_finalfinalx3.pdf|title=National Human Development Report 2018}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!Rank

!State

!HDI (2016)

!Longevity Index

!Education Index

!GNI per capita
(in USD)

1

|Lagos

|0.652

|0.459

|1.007