Bhutan vs Nigeria: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Bhutan

3.4%

in 2025

Nigeria

3.5%

in 2024

Bhutan rank

136th

Nigeria rank

134th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Bhutan
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 3.5% against 3.4% in Bhutan, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Nigeria ahead.

Bhutan ranks 136th and Nigeria ranks 134th of 185 countries.

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Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Bhutan
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Nigeria
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About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.