Work & Labour in Nigeria 88 indicators covering work & labour for Nigeria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 64.9% 2025 up 2.4% 14th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 64.7% 2025 down 10.0% 26th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 82.5% 2025 up 2.1% 5th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 84.3% 2025 down 1.7% 14th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 95.7% 2025 up 8.4% 6th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 64.8% 2025 down 4.3% 17th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 81.9% 2025 up 6.0% 9th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 84.7% 2025 down 2.2% 25th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 83.3% 2025 up 1.6% 11th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 80.7% 2025 up 6.5% 3rd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 13.8% 2025 up 10.6% 182nd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 39.8% 2025 up 7.8% 148th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 10.5% 2025 up 16.7% 173rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 17.0% 2025 up 8.4% 183rd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 59.9% 2025 up 6.5% 118th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 10.1% 2025 down 6.5% 61st Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 9.8% 2025 up 2.2% 36th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 9.9% 2025 down 2.1% 48th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 16.5% 2025 up 31.1% 37th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 17.5% 2025 up 15.5% 148th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 17.0% 2025 up 22.0% 116th Employment in services (% of total employment) 49.5% 2025 up 7.5% 132nd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 86.2% 2025 down 1.5% 5th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 83.0% 2025 down 1.6% 4th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 89.5% 2025 down 1.6% 14th Employers, total (% of total employment) 19.7% 2025 up 0.4% 2nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 28.2% 2025 down 2.6% 1st Employers, female (% of female employment) 10.4% 2025 up 16.5% 4th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 6.3% 2025 down 28.2% 150th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 4.4% 2025 down 46.0% 162nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 5.3% 2025 down 36.9% 159th GDP per person employed 17,120 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 17.0% 139th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.5% 2024 down 24.3% 134th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.7% 2024 down 30.8% 142nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.2% 2024 down 20.9% 123rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 82.7% 2024 up 30.3% 20th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 80.5% 2024 up 42.6% 4th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 81.5% 2024 up 36.3% 7th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 61.3% 2024 up 152.3% 15th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 64.0% 2024 up 130.3% 24th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 97.4% 2024 up 9.5% 6th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 62.7% 2024 up 139.7% 15th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 5.4% 2024 down 33.0% 136th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 4.4% 2024 down 51.6% 135th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 6.7% 2024 down 41.6% 128th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 17.8% 2025 down 2.1% 112th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 9.4% 2025 up 3.6% 145th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 13.5% 2025 down 0.2% 125th Productivity: output per hour worked 6.15 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 30.4% 112th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 77.6% 2025 up 6.5% 5th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 80.0% 2025 up 3.3% 6th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 82.4% 2025 up 0.4% 13th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 79.1% 2025 down 3.6% 32nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 60.8% 2025 up 5.1% 12th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 54.8% 2025 down 1.0% 38th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 61.8% 2025 down 6.3% 16th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 61.3% 2025 down 1.1% 12th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 66.5% 2025 down 2.1% 33rd Unemployment with basic education 1.7% 2024 down 75.2% 114th Unemployment with basic education, male 1.2% 2024 down 85.0% 118th Page 1 of 2 Next →