World Bank Group data includes poverty and inequality measures for Nigeria, generated from analytical reports, national monitoring programs, and the Bank's Development Research Group. The dataset is available in CSV format and was last updated on 2026-04-28. It contains internationally comparable poverty estimates and lines produced since 1990.
Use Cases
- Assessing the extent and causes of poverty based on World Bank analytical reports
- Examining the impact of growth and public policy on inequality using national monitoring data
- Reviewing household survey data and measurement methods for poverty estimation
Strengths
- Data is produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group, a leading institution in poverty measurement.
- Includes internationally comparable poverty estimates and lines generated since 1990.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for flexible reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Generated from analytical reports, national poverty monitoring programs, and the World Bank’s Development Research Group.
- Time Range
- Data production referenced since 1990; specific temporal coverage of the dataset is unknown.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 10:02:35.702532; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Nigeria