A decision-support dashboard that maps the structural barriers to upward mobility — across all 36 states, the FCT, and sampled Local Government Areas — so planners can move from insight to action.
Each metric in the dashboard is anchored to one or more of these mutually reinforcing dimensions of upward mobility.
Rising income and assets, and protection from catastrophic shocks — health costs, funerals, flood damage — that can erase years of progress overnight.
Control over one’s own life and household — the ability to decide when to seek care, to access land tenure, and to influence the decisions that shape one’s future.
The respect that comes from contributing to family, work, and community — recognised, included, and able to participate in local decisions without fear or exclusion.
Adapted from the Urban Institute and the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty, the pillars work as a system. The dashboard tracks observable predictors that planners can influence in the short to medium term.
The dashboard translates nationally representative survey data into a snapshot of conditions for any area of interest — to be used alongside, not in place of, community knowledge and local expertise.
metrics at State & FCT level. A full picture across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
metrics at LGA level, for Local Government Areas sampled in the GHS-Panel, including FCT Area Councils.
Where LGA-level data is unavailable due to survey attrition, small sample sizes, or conflict-affected inaccessibility, state-level data can serve as a proxy, and vice versa.
The Dashboard currently draws on two primary data sources:
Metrics are based on the most recently available nationally representative data. Because Nigeria’s structural conditions are subject to inflation shocks, climate variability, insecurity, and other volatility, metrics should be treated as indicators of prevailing conditions rather than stable long-term benchmarks. Progress should be monitored at regular intervals as new data becomes available.
Choose a pillar and metric to view it across Nigeria. Switch between State and LGA views, and read the metric guide beneath each map.
An LGA breakdown hasn't been published for this metric yet. Switch back to State to view the available map.
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Contact:
+2349030013281
info@kingsgateinstitute.org
© Kingsgate Advisors Institute. All rights reserved.
