Nigeria Employment Rate

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	23.10	22.70	23.10	5.10	percent	[+]
Population	190.89	185.99	190.89	45.14	Million	[+]
Living Wage Family	137600.00	135300.00	137600.00	135300.00	NGN/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	43200.00	41800.00	43200.00	41800.00	NGN/Month	[+]
Employed Persons	69542.90	69165.60	70665.90	66951.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	81.20	83.80	93.60	81.20	percent	[+]
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	36.50	38.00	38.00	11.70	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	20927.60	20343.60	20927.60	4672.00	Thousand	[+]
Minimum Wages	30000.00	18000.00	30000.00	18000.00	NGN/Month	[+]

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 April of 2019.

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

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.70	Feb/19	96.43	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.50	Sep/18	79.9	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Sep/18	77	77.7 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Sep/18	75.4	76.3 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.10	Jan/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Dec/18	65.9	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.00	Dec/18	64.01	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.30	Mar/19	62.3	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.90	Mar/19	62	63.7 : 56	%
United States	60.60	Mar/19	60.7	64.7 : 55	%
South Korea	60.10	Dec/18	61.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.00	Feb/19	59.7	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.10	Feb/19	58.8	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	58.60	Feb/19	58.7	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	53.90	Feb/19	54.2	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	45.90	Jan/19	46.3	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	43.34	Dec/18	43.1	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.20	Dec/18	42.5	43.4 : 36.3	%