Unemployment rate: Nigeria
3.064% 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 | 3.064 |
| 2024 | 3.045 |
| 2023 | 3.074 |
| 2022 | 3.827 |
| 2021 | 5.404 |
| 2020 | 5.714 |
| 2019 | 5.206 |
| 2018 | 5.069 |
| 2017 | 4.83 |
| 2016 | 4.499 |
| 2015 | 4.134 |
| 2014 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | 3.711 |
| 2012 | 3.761 |
| 2011 | 3.77 |
| 2010 | 3.744 |
| 2009 | 3.763 |
| 2008 | 3.792 |
| 2007 | 3.794 |
| 2006 | 3.749 |
| 2005 | 3.727 |
| 2004 | 3.59 |
| 2003 | 3.637 |
| 2002 | 3.669 |
| 2001 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | 3.953 |
| 1999 | 3.986 |
| 1998 | 3.922 |
| 1997 | 3.964 |
| 1996 | 4.043 |
| 1995 | 4.152 |
| 1994 | 4.064 |
| 1993 | 4.023 |
| 1992 | 3.79 |
| 1991 | 3.831 |