Unemployment rate: Niger
0.394% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.394 |
| 2024 | 0.376 |
| 2023 | 0.407 |
| 2022 | 0.403 |
| 2021 | 0.806 |
| 2020 | 0.591 |
| 2019 | 0.531 |
| 2018 | 0.536 |
| 2017 | 0.556 |
| 2016 | 0.55 |
| 2015 | 0.556 |
| 2014 | 0.524 |
| 2013 | 1.401 |
| 2012 | 2.177 |
| 2011 | 0.316 |
| 2010 | 0.718 |
| 2009 | 1.208 |
| 2008 | 1.584 |
| 2007 | 2.021 |
| 2006 | 2.528 |
| 2005 | 3.1 |
| 2004 | 2.751 |
| 2003 | 2.145 |
| 2002 | 1.808 |
| 2001 | 1.47 |
| 2000 | 1.427 |
| 1999 | 1.385 |
| 1998 | 1.381 |
| 1997 | 1.503 |
| 1996 | 1.498 |
| 1995 | 1.494 |
| 1994 | 1.502 |
| 1993 | 1.541 |
| 1992 | 1.569 |
| 1991 | 1.588 |