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 (2021 data, Radboud University)

Nigerian states by Human Development Index as of 2021, 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 (2021)
Medium human development
1	Lagos	0.681
2	Ogun	0.671
3	Anambra	0.662
	Delta
5	Bayelsa	0.651
6	Rivers	0.648
7	Imo	0.647
8	Federal Capital Territory	0.646
9	Abia	0.644
10	Enugu	0.640
11	Oyo	0.632
12	Edo	0.627
13	Ekiti	0.614
	Osun
15	Cross River	0.613
16	Ondo	0.610
17	Akwa Ibom	0.608
18	Benue	0.604
19	Nasarawa	0.575
20	Kwara	0.571
21	Ebonyi	0.569
22	Plateau	0.564
23	Kogi	0.557
Low human development
–	Nigeria (average)	0.535
24	Borno	0.512
25	Kaduna	0.511
26	Taraba	0.501
27	Adamawa	0.485
28	Niger	0.484
29	Kano	0.481
30	Katsina	0.451
31	Bauchi	0.425
32	Zamfara	0.416
33	Jigawa	0.409
34	Gombe	0.408
35	Yobe	0.363
36	Sokoto	0.336
37	Kebbi	0.335

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