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Nigeria
Nigeria leads the world with the highest number of people living in poverty, taking over from India.
According to the World Poverty Data, Nigeria has about 87 million people living in poverty, representing 44 per cent of the country’s population of 195 million. A surprising fact because it is a country with vast oil riches. It is predicted that the situation is set to be worse considering the country is experiencing a population boom.
The number of people trying to escape poverty is at a rate of -5.8 per cent, meaning that more people are falling into poverty than escaping it.
