Employment Rate / Nigeria
Nigeria Employment Rate
Nigeria employment rate data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 79.99%.
COUNTRY: Nigeria
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-07 05:09:26
GM ECONOMY RATING
Nigeria · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
14.1 / 20
External stability
13.0 / 15
Financial robustness
11.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
n/a
Demographic capacity
3.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 67% of weighted inputs available.
Time range:
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Nigeria · employment rate data as percent of GDP.
Latest
79.99%
Previous
80.05%
Range avg.
77.66%
Rank
4
Countries by employment rate
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CountryNigeria
IndicatorEmployment Rate
79.99%2025 · Rank 4
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Nigeria recorded 79.99% for Employment Rate in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value decreased from 80.05% in 2024; the absolute change was 0.06 percentage points.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (77.66%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 74.78% in 2020 to 80.05% in 2024.
Comparison
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