As of 2021, the total unemployed population in Nigeria was estimated at a peak of around 6.3 million. This increased from the preceding year, when around six million people were not in any form of employment. Overall, the rate of unemployment in the country has been following an increasing trend.
Total number of unemployed people in Nigeria from 2010 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
Data are ILO modelled estimates as of November 2021.
Figures have been rounded.
The source adds the following information:
"The unemployed are persons of working age who were not in employment, carried out activities to seek employment during a specified recent period and were currently available to take up employment given a job opportunity.".
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ILO. (January 7, 2022). Total number of unemployed people in Nigeria from 2010 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288721/number-of-people-unemployed-in-nigeria/
ILO. "Total number of unemployed people in Nigeria from 2010 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. January 7, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288721/number-of-people-unemployed-in-nigeria/
ILO. (2022). Total number of unemployed people in Nigeria from 2010 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288721/number-of-people-unemployed-in-nigeria/
ILO. "Total Number of Unemployed People in Nigeria from 2010 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288721/number-of-people-unemployed-in-nigeria/
ILO, Total number of unemployed people in Nigeria from 2010 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288721/number-of-people-unemployed-in-nigeria/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
Total number of unemployed people in Nigeria from 2010 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], ILO, January 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288721/number-of-people-unemployed-in-nigeria/