Work & Labour in Nigeria 312 indicators covering work & labour for Nigeria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Female unemployment rate 3.9% 2025 up 1.7% 131st Share of male vs. female employment in industry 17.5% 2025 up 15.5% 148th Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 42.7% 2025 down 10.9% 34th Share of male vs. female employment in services 39.8% 2025 up 7.8% 148th Employment rate, men vs. women 82.4% 2025 up 0.4% 13th Employment rate 80.0% 2025 up 3.3% 6th Youth unemployment rate 5.3% 2025 down 36.9% 159th Population by labor force status 96.25 million people 2025 up 13.9% 3rd CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 51.8 2024 unchanged 16th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 2,300 Persons 2022 up 34.1% 10th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 638.17 Persons 2022 down 12.9% 36th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.2% 2020 up 6.8% 155th Female labor force by age 2.22 million people 2024 up 54.7% 6th Labor force participation rate by age 64.8% 2024 down 4.8% 17th Female labor force participation rate by age 64.8% 2024 up 1.8% 15th Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 5.1% 2024 down 36.7% 163rd NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0068 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.3% 40th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0105 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% 18th Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 4.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.4% 36th Employment by status 13.6% 2024 up 11.0% 182nd Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 13.6% 2024 up 11.0% 182nd Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.0714 units per square kilometre 2023 up 261.1% 82nd Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.0714 units per square kilometre 2023 up 261.1% 81st Employment 93,101 2024 up 59.6% 6th Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.1% 2025 up 707.7% 127th Unemployment with basic education 1.7% 2024 down 75.2% 116th Unemployment with basic education, male 1.2% 2024 down 85.0% 120th Unemployment with intermediate education 3.5% 2024 down 74.2% 103rd Unemployment with basic education, female 2.2% 2024 down 62.2% 109th Unemployment with advanced education 9.2% 2024 down 36.6% 21st Unemployment with intermediate education, female 4.5% 2024 down 69.0% 94th SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 3.08 2024 down 12.0% 56th Level of national compliance with labor rights 3.08 score 2024 down 12.0% 56th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 11.9% 2024 down 57.2% 86th Unemployment with intermediate education, male 2.4% 2024 down 80.8% 113th Labor force with basic education, female 81.8% 2024 up 127.0% 3rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 13.4% 2024 down 59.6% 78th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 10.5% 2024 down 54.5% 81st Labor force with basic education, male 80.2% 2024 up 129.5% 13th Labor force with basic education 81.1% 2024 up 128.8% 5th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 81.4% 2024 up 37.3% 2nd Labor force with intermediate education, male 84.3% 2024 up 28.0% 11th Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 82.8% 2024 up 31.5% 3rd Unemployment with advanced education, male 7.4% 2024 down 34.6% 22nd Labor force with advanced education, male 76.8% 2024 up 5.6% 98th Labor force with advanced education 74.2% 2024 up 2.3% 91st Labor force with advanced education, female 70.5% 2024 down 2.4% 86th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 77.1% 2024 up 41.4% 5th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 80.5% 2024 up 32.1% 18th Unemployment with advanced education, female 11.9% 2024 down 37.4% 23rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 78.7% 2024 up 36.7% 10th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 59.3% 2024 up 152.0% 11th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 61.2% 2024 up 142.1% 14th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 57.2% 2024 up 166.0% 12th Part time employment, female 37.3% 2024 up 51.0% 40th Part time employment, male 21.1% 2024 up 8.8% 35th Part time employment, total 29.2% 2024 up 33.0% 35th Patents - international collaboration in technology development 9 Co-inventions 2023 unchanged 81st Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) 75.2% 2025 up 12.2% 1st Annual working hours per worker 2,062 hours per worker 2023 down 2.7% 54th ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →