Nigeria

=== Poverty ===
{{Main|Poverty in Nigeria}}

According to the [[International Monetary Fund]], 32% of Nigeria's population lives in extreme poverty (as of 2017), living on less than US$2.15 a day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population) - Nigeria {{!}} Data |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY?end=2017&locations=NG&start=1985 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref> The [[World Bank]] stated in March 2022 that the number of poor Nigerians had increased by 5 million to 95.1 million during the Covid period.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olawoyin |first=Oladeinde |date=2022-03-30 |title=Number of poor people in Nigeria to reach 95 million in 2022 – World Bank |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/520849-number-of-poor-people-in-nigeria-to-reach-95-million-in-2022-world-bank.html |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}}</ref> Accordingly, 40% of Nigerians live below the poverty line of US$1.90 as handled by the World Bank.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nigeria Poverty Assessment |url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/03/21/afw-deep-structural-reforms-guided-by-evidence-are-urgently-needed-to-lift-millions-of-nigerians-out-of-poverty |access-date=2022-10-12 |publisher=World Bank}}</ref>

The threshold amounts used internationally by the IMF and the World Bank do not take into account the local purchasing power of a US dollar.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} The methodology is therefore not without controversy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Perspective {{!}} The official U.S. poverty rate is based on a hopelessly out-of-date metric |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/09/16/official-us-poverty-rate-is-based-hopelessly-out-of-date-metric/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SOLVED:Why is it difficult to determine a universal poverty threshold? |url=https://www.numerade.com/questions/why-is-it-difficult-to-determine-a-universal-poverty-threshold/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=numerade.com}}</ref> Despite the undoubted existence of slums in Nigeria, for example, the fact that 92% of men and 88% of women in Nigeria own a mobile phone<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-06-26 |title=92% of Nigerian adult males own mobile device, says GSMA |url=https://punchng.com/92-of-nigerian-adult-males-own-mobile-device-says-gsma/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref> is difficult to reconcile with the poverty percentages published by the IMF and the World Bank.