{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"ng-employment-rate","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ng-employment-rate","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ng-employment-rate/","title":"Nigeria Employment Rate (2025)","description":"Nigeria's Employment Rate: 80 % of total population ages 15+ in 2025, -0.1pp YoY. World Bank (SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS), 1991–2025.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","World Bank","Nigeria","2025"],"publisher":"World Bank","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Nigeria","temporal_coverage":"1991/2025","unit":"% of total population ages 15+","last_updated":"2026-07-25","last_updated_text":"25 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Nigeria Employment Rate","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"World Bank","url":"https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS?locations=NG"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"1991–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"35"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Nigeria"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"25 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Nigeria (2025)","value":"80","unit":"% of total population ages 15+","trend":{"direction":"down","value":"-0.1pp YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"-0.1pp","unit":"percentage points"},{"label":"Trend","value":"down","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"35","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Nigeria Employment Rate"}],"observation_count":35,"observations":[{"period":"1991","value":79.235},{"period":"1992","value":79.872},{"period":"1993","value":80.061},{"period":"1994","value":80.548},{"period":"1995","value":80.604},{"period":"1996","value":80.5},{"period":"1997","value":80.479},{"period":"1998","value":80.388},{"period":"1999","value":80.271},{"period":"2000","value":80.075},{"period":"2001","value":79.938},{"period":"2002","value":79.898},{"period":"2003","value":79.665},{"period":"2004","value":79.476},{"period":"2005","value":79.109},{"period":"2006","value":78.89},{"period":"2007","value":78.694},{"period":"2008","value":78.514},{"period":"2009","value":78.45},{"period":"2010","value":78.239},{"period":"2011","value":78.061},{"period":"2012","value":78.007},{"period":"2013","value":77.844},{"period":"2014","value":77.615},{"period":"2015","value":77.453},{"period":"2016","value":77.206},{"period":"2017","value":76.982},{"period":"2018","value":76.851},{"period":"2019","value":76.785},{"period":"2020","value":74.782},{"period":"2021","value":75.812},{"period":"2022","value":78.158},{"period":"2023","value":80.021},{"period":"2024","value":80.053},{"period":"2025","value":79.988}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"% of total population ages 15+"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"80.0","yoyChange":"-0.1pp"},{"year":"2024","value":"80.1","yoyChange":"+0.1pp"},{"year":"2023","value":"80.0","yoyChange":"+1.8pp"},{"year":"2022","value":"78.2","yoyChange":"+2.4pp"},{"year":"2021","value":"75.8","yoyChange":"+1.0pp"},{"year":"2020","value":"74.8","yoyChange":"-2.0pp"},{"year":"2019","value":"76.8","yoyChange":"-0.1pp"},{"year":"2018","value":"76.9","yoyChange":"-0.1pp"},{"year":"2017","value":"77.0","yoyChange":"-0.2pp"},{"year":"2016","value":"77.2","yoyChange":"-0.3pp"},{"year":"2015","value":"77.5","yoyChange":"-0.1pp"},{"year":"2014","value":"77.6","yoyChange":"-0.2pp"},{"year":"2013","value":"77.8","yoyChange":"-0.2pp"},{"year":"2012","value":"78.0","yoyChange":"-0.1pp"},{"year":"2011","value":"78.1","yoyChange":"-0.1pp"},{"year":"2010","value":"78.2","yoyChange":"-0.3pp"},{"year":"2009","value":"78.5","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2008","value":"78.5","yoyChange":"-0.2pp"},{"year":"2007","value":"78.7","yoyChange":"-0.2pp"},{"year":"2006","value":"78.9","yoyChange":"-0.2pp"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks the employment-to-population ratio in Nigeria (share of 15+ population employed) from 1990 to present. Compare to ILO global benchmarks. It is published by World Bank and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1991–2025 (35 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 80.6 % of total population ages 15+ in 1995 and reached its lowest recorded value of 74.8 in 2020. The latest reading of 80 in 2025 represents a change of -0.1pp."}]}