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FCT (Abuja)

FCT

Free peek

Excluded from the headline rank — but the federal-services economy here is its own market.

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Lagos

South West

Free peek

IGR per capita is 4.7× the federal average — but 3 LGAs absorb 71% of the spend.

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Gombe

North East

Free peek

Quietly the best-run state in Nigeria — #1 on roads & hospitals, three years running on ease of doing business.

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Rivers

South South

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Energy receipts steady, but non-oil GDP grew 19% — fastest pivot in the Niger Delta.

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Anambra

South East

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Quietly outperforming on citizen satisfaction — and 2nd nationally on ease of business registration.

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Ogun

South West

Free peek

Manufacturing output overtook Lagos State in 2024 — but logistics costs are eating 22% of margin.

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Kaduna

North West

Free peek

Sustained reform trajectory since 2018 — only state to climb in every pSPI edition.

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Delta

South South

Free peek

Highest petrochemicals concentration in Nigeria — and the deepest skills gap south of Kano.

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Kano

North West

Free peek

Population scale + revived textile cluster — manufacturing employment up 22% since 2023.

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Akwa Ibom

South South

Free peek

Deep-sea port project on track — fiscal headroom is 2.1× the regional average.

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Oyo

South West

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Citizen satisfaction climbed 14 points since 2023 — the steepest in the South West.

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Enugu

South East

Free peek

Tech-enabled service exports up 38% YoY — fastest in the South East.

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Edo

South South

Free peek

Tech & creative economy now 11% of state GDP — only Lagos is higher.

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Kwara

North Central

Free peek

Highest digital-services growth outside Lagos — and lowest cost of office space in the country.

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Niger

North Central

Free peek

Largest landmass + 3 hydro dams — power generation potential 4× current output.

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Abia

South East

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Aba's leather cluster supplies 35% of West African demand — and 0% of it is exported formally.

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Plateau

North Central

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Tin & rare-earth potential the global EV supply chain hasn't priced in.

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Ondo

South West

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Bitumen reserves second only to Canada's — yet 0% commercial extraction.

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Cross River

South South

Free peek

Tourism receipts down 31% from 2018 peak — but cocoa exports just hit a 12-year high.

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Ekiti

South West

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Highest tertiary-education density in Nigeria. Lowest BPO penetration.

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Jigawa

North West

Free peek

Lowest cost of doing business in the North West — and rice output up 4× since 2018.

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Osun

South West

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Highest gold reserves per km² in West Africa — and the lowest formal-sector employment in the region.

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Katsina

North West

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Solar irradiance among the highest globally — yet grid penetration sits at 31%.

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Ebonyi

South East

Free peek

Rice output tripled since 2018 — but 60% leaves the state unmilled.

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Benue

North Central

Free peek

Food basket of the nation — yet 40% of harvest never reaches market.

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Imo

South East

Free peek

Debt service now consumes 41% of IGR — danger zone, but oil receipts mask it.

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Bayelsa

South South

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Oil dependence at 87% of revenue — most fragile fiscal position in the region.

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Kebbi

North West

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Rice paddy output #1 nationally — but milling capacity is 38% of harvest.

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Sokoto

North West

Free peek

Livestock economy worth ₦1.4tn — only 8% of value captured locally.

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Kogi

North Central

Free peek

Iron ore + steel cluster underutilised at 18% capacity.

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Bauchi

North East

Free peek

Tourism + hydrocarbons potential largely untapped — Yankari alone could 3× state GDP.

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Nasarawa

North Central

Free peek

Solid minerals contribute 9% of state GDP — highest non-oil mineral share in Nigeria.

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Zamfara

North West

Free peek

Gold reserves under-mapped by 70% — and security recovery is faster than headlines suggest.

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Adamawa

North East

Free peek

Highland agriculture + cross-border trade route to Cameroon — under-monetised by every measure.

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Taraba

North East

Free peek

Tea & livestock potential rivals East Africa — but processing capacity is near zero.

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Yobe

North East

Free peek

Security recovery accelerating — citizen confidence up 27 points since 2023.

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Borno

North East

Free peek

Reconstruction economy at $2.1bn — and the donor ecosystem is shifting to local primes.

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