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Nigeria: labor force by gender 2020 | Statista

Labor force in Nigeria 2020, by gender

Published by
Doris Dokua Sasu,
Dec 12, 2022
Nigeria has a labor force of over 80 million people. As of 2020, the male labor force population was equal to 41.7 million people, higher than the female labor force (roughly 39 million).
In the second quarter of 2020, the unemployment rate in Nigeria reached about 27 percent. However, However, Nigerian sources define as unemployed labor force those who did nothing or worked for less than 20 hours a week. Data on unemployment rate from other sources refer to much lower rates.

Labor force in Nigeria in 2020, by gender (in 1,000s)

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2021

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Nigeria

Survey time period

2020

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