Official data
Nigeria: unemployment by year, 2010–2018
Unemployment rate, % of the labor force
Latest year, 2018: 22.6%
Opens a new analysis with this question: Compare the unemployment rate since 2010 across Nigeria, South Africa, United States, and Brazil.
Method
Official annual series (2010–2018), read directly from the source without adjustments and plotted as published.
- Read. Reads series LUR directly as published by the source.
- Period. Keeps one value per year, 2010 to 2018.
- Chart. Draws the series as a line and marks the latest year.
- The most recent years can be IMF estimates.
- Source
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Dataset
- World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
- Series code
- LUR
Read from the Belo Lake on November 8, 2026.
Data
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 22.6 |
| 2017 | 17.5 |
| 2016 | 13.4 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2014 | 7.8 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2012 | 10.6 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2010 | 5.1 |