...Released Q2 2024 figures in November 2024
It has been 14 months since the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last released official unemployment data, underscoring persistent weaknesses in Nigeria’s labour-market reporting and leaving Africa’s most populous nation trailing peers, including Ghana, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Angola on data timeliness.
The country’s most recent unemployment figure - 4.3 percent for the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 - was published on November 25, 2024. No data has been rele
