Nigeria surpasses India to become world's biggest poverty capital with over 87 million living poor

[Lweezy]

Nigeria has emerged as the country with the highest number of poor people in the world, overtaking India.

According to a report by the Brookings Institution, data from the World Poverty Clock show that Nigeria now has over 87 million people living in poverty.

The report adds that six Nigerians become poor every minute.

The National Bureau of Statistics had painted a worse picture in 2016 when it reported that no fewer than 112 million Nigerians live below the poverty line



It reads in part, “According to our projections, Nigeria has already overtaken India as the country with the largest number of extreme poor in early 2018, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo could soon take over the number two.

“At the end of May 2018, our trajectories suggest that Nigeria had about 87 million people in extreme poverty, compared with India’s 73 million.

“What is more, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, while poverty in India continues to fall.

“In fact, by the end of 2018 in Africa as a whole, there will probably be about 3.2 million more people living in extreme poverty than there are today.”

According to Wikipedia, The World Poverty Clock is a tool to monitor progress against poverty globally and regionally. It provides real-time poverty data across countries.

Created by the Vienna-based NGO, World Data Lab, in 2017, it is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.


Each April and October, the World Poverty Clock data are updated to take into account new household surveys and new projections on country economic growth from the International Monetary Funds’ World Economic Outlook.

These form the basic building blocks for poverty trajectories computed for 188 countries and territories, developed and developing, across the world.


With 87m poor citizens, Nigeria overtakes India as world’s poverty capital

 

[kovi]

“What is more, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, while poverty in India continues to fall.

 

[kovi]

No sub-Saharan African countries are creating anything. Notice that, even in the "better" countries, it's just resources being exported. No innovation whatsoever. Corruption, mindless breeding, tribalism, etc.

One of my biggest dreams is to see one of them come out of this bullshyt before I die.

 

[BlackXCL]

The report adds that six Nigerians become poor every minute.

pathetic man, we gotta do better.

India has 1.3 Billion people. how the fukk does Nigeria have more poor people. what the fukk

 

[Noriega]

Nigerian guy told me Nigeria’s biggest problem is too much tribal/ethnic conflict.

Said one group might control a specific industry/company and won’t hire anyone outside they tribe/ethnic group

 

[cobra]

https://worldpoverty.io/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_billionaires_by_net_worth

even their billiionaires are losing money...dangote wet from 25 billy in 2014 to 12 in 2017

wonder what is happening

 

[bucks3115]

No matter wats goin on in Nigeria
Congo is still worst than nigeria

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Thread bout to turn into a warzone.

Let me fan the flames

I agree this is a shyt on black people thing but just because a country is rich doesnt mean the people are. The leaders are bleeding nigeria dry leaving the average man destitute.

these are the countries coli militants keep telling us we should move to...to escape the oppression of America as if there are tons of black countries that have been run fair and equitably, free of tribalism, exploitation and oppression

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

And then they fukked up, giving up a goal to Ginobili fans in the final minutes. Smh

#WorldCup2018

 

[Actually6Foot3]

This is what mass corruption gets you. Nigeria has enough natural resources to be a wealthy and prosperous nation for the majority of it's population. But when all the money for to the cronies you get this result

 

[Hardest Since MC Ren]

the percentage is what it's about, but it seems a hole in it, as someone pointed out something ^^^above

But I agree Which is why we need a black media that will fire back

Between this and the Hispanic income article. It's pretty clear media trying to take shots at blacks to big ups these "others"

Oh they are black now?

I thought all em nikkas had advanced degrees?
Most successful ethnic group they said

 

[Okocha]

Just give me biafra

 

[LurkMoar]

nigeria is trash



Corrupt governance with no plan in place to actually help the country, chinese eating good of them too. Honestly im not even mad most nigerians have a slave mentality, they wont do right by eachother but if a white man comes thru they get with the program quickly.



A nation of lazy self hating c00ns all that said i still have love for the homeland, too bad they dont love themselves tho





Im sure posters who have never been to africa will tell me how great nigeria is doing tho

 

[LurkMoar]

No sub-Saharan African countries are creating anything. Notice that, even in the "better" countries, it's just resources being exported. No innovation whatsoever. Corruption, mindless breeding, tribalism, etc.

One of my biggest dreams is to see one of them come out of this bullshyt before I die.

Ironically alot of people have to die for this to ever happen

 

[LurkMoar]

Ghana >>>>>>>>>