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

Indonesia

3.3%

in 2023

Nigeria

3.5%

in 2024

Indonesia rank

137th

Nigeria rank

134th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Indonesia
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 3.5% against 3.3% in Indonesia, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Nigeria ahead.

Indonesia ranks 137th and Nigeria ranks 134th of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Indonesia
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Nigeria
Full country ranking

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.