Nigeria — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1983–2025 · 37 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
For Nigeria, the unemployment rate reading stood at 3.06% in 2025. Against 3.05% in 2024, the period change was +0.02 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 8.27%.
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- Annual data, 1983–2025
- Quarterly data, 2014–2024
- Monthly data, 2014–2017
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.06 % |
| 2024 | 3.05 % |
| 2023 | 3.07 % |
| 2022 | 3.83 % |
| 2021 | 5.4 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 5.71 % |
| 2019 | 5.21 % |
| 2018 | 22.6 % |
| 2017 | 17.5 % |
| 2016 | 13.4 % |