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Labor Force Survey in Nigeria

Nigeria: Labor Force Survey was 0.67 Availability score over 10 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.67 Availability score over 10 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
125th
of 194 countries
All-time high
0.67 Availability score over 10 years
in 2022
All-time low
0 Availability score over 10 years
in 2011
Years of data
20
2004–2023

Labor Force Survey in Nigeria, 2004–2023

00.20.40.62004201320232004: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2005: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2006: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2007: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2008: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2009: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2010: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2011: 0 Availability score over 10 years2012: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2013: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2014: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2015: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2016: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2017: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2018: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2019: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2020: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2021: 0.33 Availability score over 10 years2022: 0.67 Availability score over 10 years2023: 0.67 Availability score over 10 years

Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators). Measured in Availability score over 10 years.

Analysis

In 2023, labor force survey in Nigeria stood at 0.67 Availability score over 10 years. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 103.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, labor force survey in Nigeria peaked at 0.67 Availability score over 10 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 Availability score over 10 years, in 2011.

That places Nigeria 125th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.33 Availability score over 10 years 0.33 Availability score over 10 years 0.33 Availability score over 10 years 6
2010s 0.297 Availability score over 10 years 0 Availability score over 10 years 0.33 Availability score over 10 years 10
2020s 0.5 Availability score over 10 years 0.33 Availability score over 10 years 0.67 Availability score over 10 years 4

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 125 Azerbaijan 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  2. 125 Benin 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  3. 125 Burkina Faso 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  4. 125 Cambodia 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  5. 125 Comoros 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  6. 125 Ethiopia 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  7. 125 Ghana 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  8. 125 Laos 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  9. 125 Madagascar 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  10. 125 Malawi 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  11. 125 Mauritania 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  12. 125 Niger 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  13. 125 Sudan 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  14. 125 Syria 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  15. 125 Tajikistan 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  16. 125 Tanzania 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  17. 125 Uzbekistan 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare
  18. 125 Yemen 0.67 Availability score over 10 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is labor force survey in Nigeria?
Labor force survey in Nigeria was 0.67 Availability score over 10 years in 2023, according to Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators).
What is the highest labor force survey recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 0.67 Availability score over 10 years in 2022.
What is the lowest labor force survey recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 0 Availability score over 10 years in 2011.
How does Nigeria rank for labor force survey?
Nigeria ranks 125th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
Is labor force survey rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is up 103.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as part of Labor Force Survey (Availability score over 10 years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Labor Force Survey (Availability score over 10 years)
Unit
Availability score over 10 years
Source
Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
196 places, 3,920 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Labor force survey is a standard household-based survey of work-related statistics at the national and sub-national employment or unemployment levels, rates or trends. The surveys also provide the characteristics of the employed or unemployed, including labor force status by age or gender, breakdowns between employees and the self-employed, public versus private sector employment, multiple job-holding, hiring, job creation, and duration of unemployment.