Nigeria Employment Rate 2014-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Employment Rate in Nigeria decreased to 81.20 percent in the third quarter of 2017 from 83.80 percent in the second quarter of 2017. Employment Rate in Nigeria averaged 87.89 percent from 2014 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 93.60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 and a record low of 81.20 percent in the third quarter of 2017.

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Nigeria Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	18.80	16.20	19.70	5.10	percent	[+]
Population	185.99	181.18	185.99	45.14	Million	[+]
Living Wage Family	131700.00	131700.00	131700.00	131700.00	NGN/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	40100.00	40100.00	40100.00	40100.00	NGN/Month	[+]
Employed Persons	69090.00	70354.90	70665.90	66951.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	187226.00	155444.00	499521.00	79465.00	Jobs	[+]
Employment Rate	81.20	83.80	93.60	81.20	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	15998.00	13585.20	15998.00	4672.00	Thousand	[+]
Wages High Skilled	57200.00	57200.00	57200.00	57200.00	NGN/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	25500.00	25500.00	25500.00	25500.00	NGN/Month	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	33.10	29.50	33.10	11.70	percent	[+]

Nigeria Employment Rate

This page provides - Nigeria Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Nigeria Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	81.20	83.80	93.60	81.20	2014 - 2017	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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employment rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Mexico	97.06	Mar/18	96.79	97.23	93.58	%	Monthly
Switzerland	80.20	Dec/17	79.9	81.3	76.9	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	76.30	Dec/17	76.3	77.6	63.5	%	Quarterly
Germany	76.00	Dec/17	75.6	76	63.6	%	Quarterly
United Kingdom	75.60	Feb/18	75.4	75.6	65.6	%	Monthly
France	65.70	Dec/17	65.1	65.7	63.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	62.07	Mar/18	62.57	67.18	54.91	%	Quarterly
Australia	61.90	Mar/18	62	62.9	54	%	Monthly
Canada	61.60	Apr/18	61.7	63.7	56	%	Monthly
South Korea	60.90	Apr/18	60.2	61.5	56.1	%	Monthly
United States	60.30	Apr/18	60.4	64.7	55	%	Monthly
Japan	59.60	Mar/18	59.3	63.5	55.9	%	Monthly
Russia	59.60	Mar/18	59.3	66.6	59.3	%	Monthly
Italy	58.30	Mar/18	58.1	58.9	55.3	%	Monthly
Brazil	53.60	Mar/18	53.9	57.3	53.1	%	Monthly
Turkey	47.90	Feb/18	47.9	47.9	38.9	%	Monthly