![](https://assets.weforum.org/article/image/a-6n2E7niuy2pI5ZY2oVB-fWGWJ_73blxc5_y9psx_4.jpg)
Geographies in Depth
Nigeria wants to end poverty by 2030. How can it achieve this?
Around 80 million Nigerians – roughly 40% of the population – live below the poverty line. The country needs wide-ranging policy changes to solve this.
Around 80 million Nigerians – roughly 40% of the population – live below the poverty line. The country needs wide-ranging policy changes to solve this.
Despite the elimination of poverty being high on the international development agenda, the World Bank estimates that up to a quarter of the world lives in societal poverty today.