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Nigeria: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

83.30percent · 2025+1.6% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202583.303
202483.371
202383.332
202281.983
202180.808
202080.096
201981.819
201881.847
201781.861
201681.924
201581.984
201482
201382.06
201282.246
201182.309
201082.454
200982.658
200882.574
200782.75
200682.958
200583.221
200483.498
200383.709
200283.963
200184.076
200084.273
199984.551
199884.702
199784.89
199685.04
199585.26
199485.199
199384.75
199284.406
199183.689
199083.065

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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