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Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate Rises To 27.1% – NBS

August 14, 2020
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The National Bureau of Statistics has released statistics on the country’s unemployment rate.

The bureau of statistics noted that after a 20-month interval, the unemployment rate rose to 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 from the 23.1 per cent recorded in Q3 2018.

The NBS made this known via its ‘Labor Force Statistics: Unemployment and Underemployment Report’ released on Friday.

It said underemployment rate increased from 20.1 per cent in Q3 2018 to 28.6 per cent in Q2 2020.

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“For the period under review, Q2 2020, the unemployment rate among young people (15-34 years) was 34.9 per cent, up from 29.7 per cent, while the rate of underemployment for the same age group rose to 28.2 per cent from 25.7 per cent in Q3 2018.

“These rates were the highest when compared to other age groupings.”

The NBS report stated that the number of persons in the economically active or working age population (15 – 64 years of age) increased to 116,871,186 from 115,492,969 in Q3 2018.

“The number of persons in the labour force (i.e. people within ages 15 -64, who are able and willing to work) was estimated to be 80,291,894. This was 11.3 per cent less than the number persons in Q3 2018.

“Of this number, those within the age bracket of 25-34 were highest, with 23,328,460 or 29.1 per cent of the labour force.”

It added further that the over-all number of people in employment in Q2 2020 fell by 15.8 per cent 58,527,276, compared to Q3 2018.

 

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