Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
3.1% Nigeria, 2025
Unchanged from 2024.
Modelled estimateYearlySDG 8.5.2
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.
- Type of figure
- Modelled estimate. Produced by a statistical model that combines surveys and other data, often to fill years without a survey. It is not a direct measurement.
- Updated
- Yearly
- SDG target
- 8.5.2
- Compiled from
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1% |
| 2024 | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 3.8% |
| 2021 | 5.4% |
| 2020 | 5.7% |
| 2019 | 5.2% |
| 2018 | 5.1% |
| 2017 | 4.8% |
| 2016 | 4.5% |
| 2015 | 4.1% |
| 2014 | 3.9% |
| 2013 | 3.7% |
| 2012 | 3.8% |
| 2011 | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 3.7% |
| 2009 | 3.8% |
| 2008 | 3.8% |
| 2007 | 3.8% |
| 2006 | 3.7% |
| 2005 | 3.7% |
| 2004 | 3.6% |
| 2003 | 3.6% |
| 2002 | 3.7% |
| 2001 | 3.9% |
| 2000 | 4.0% |
| 1999 | 4.0% |
| 1998 | 3.9% |
| 1997 | 4.0% |
| 1996 | 4.0% |
| 1995 | 4.2% |
| 1994 | 4.1% |
| 1993 | 4.0% |
| 1992 | 3.8% |
| 1991 | 3.8% |