In 2024, unemployment rate in Nigeria stood at 3.0 %. That is down 0.0 percentage points from 3.1 % in 2023. Across 53 member states with data, Nigeria ranks 40th highest. This is below the regional average of 3.6 %.
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- Source
- World Bank Open Data (illustrative) — production: NSOs via STATAFRIC
- Methodology
- Series SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS. Harmonized to ISO 3166-1 / UN M49.
- Unit
- % of labour force
- Update frequency
- ANNUAL
- Coverage
- 53 / 55
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Cite as
- STATAFRIC (2024). Unemployment rate. African Union Institute for Statistics.