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Nigeria unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
Q4 2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
6.00 %on Dec 31, 2020
Lowest
3.70 %on Dec 31, 2013

Details


Category
Labor
Source
National Bureau of Statistics
Frequency
Quarterly
Units
%
In Nigeria, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Nigeria in figures — see more economic indicators tied to NGUR.
Employment Change
NGEMC
Employed Persons
NGEMP
Employment Rate
NGEMR
Living Wage Family
NGLWF
Living Wage Individual
NGLWI
Minimum Wages
NGMW
Population
NGPOP
Unemployed Persons
NGUP
Wages High Skilled
NGWHS
Wages Low Skilled
NGWLS
Youth Unemployment Rate
NGYUR

Frequently asked questions


To calculate Nigeria unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Nigeria unemployment rate is 3.70%.
The highest figure Nigeria unemployment rate has ever reached is 6.00%.
Last quarter Nigeria unemployment rate was 4.90%, and the quarter before it reached 4.60%.