Nigeria is home to 19% of the extremely poor population in sub-Saharan Africa, the highest share across the region, according to the World Bank’s April 2025 Africa’s Pulse report. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the global epicenter of extreme poverty, with the World Bank revealing that the region accounted for 80% of the world’s 695 million extremely poor people in 2024. That’s roughly 560 million people living on less than $2.15 per day. READ MORE
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