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Nigeria - Labor Force Participation 1993

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

83.42% +0.40pp from 1992 Global rank: 7th

Nigeria's labor force participation was 83.42% in 1993, increased +0.40pp from 83.02% in 1992. This was the 7th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1993▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 1993
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	88.25%	-0.8%
2nd	Tanzania	86.57%	-0.1%
3rd	Madagascar	86.10%	-0.1%
4th	Mozambique	84.04%	0.0%
5th	Qatar	83.68%	0.2%
6th	Burkina Faso	83.53%	-0.2%
7th	Nigeria	83.42%	0.5%
8th	Solomon Islands	82.94%	0.0%
9th	Cameroon	82.22%	0.0%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	81.88%	0.1%
11th	Eritrea	80.82%	-0.2%
12th	Malawi	80.79%	0.0%
13th	Cambodia	79.94%	0.0%
14th	Niger	78.87%	0.0%
15th	Georgia	78.73%	1.4%
16th	China	77.75%	-0.6%
17th	Viet Nam	77.71%	-0.2%
18th	Angola	77.37%	0.0%
19th	Liberia	77.28%	0.0%
20th	Vanuatu	77.01%	0.0%
21st	Azerbaijan	75.52%	4.4%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	75.48%	0.7%
23rd	Thailand	75.01%	-0.1%
24th	South Sudan	74.42%	0.0%
25th	Lesotho	73.59%	-0.1%
26th	Uganda	73.47%	0.1%
27th	Bahamas, The	73.20%	0.6%
28th	Ghana	72.93%	-0.1%
29th	Iceland	72.92%	-0.5%
30th	Kenya	72.81%	-0.1%
31st	Central African Republic	72.61%	0.1%
32nd	Chad	72.30%	0.3%
33rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.22%	0.0%
34th	Benin	72.12%	-0.1%
35th	Timor-Leste	71.41%	-0.2%
36th	Guam	71.27%	-0.7%
37th	Kazakhstan	71.01%	0.6%
38th	Virgin Islands (US)	70.59%	0.0%
39th	Mali	70.41%	0.0%
40th	Bhutan	70.34%	-0.1%
41st	Jamaica	70.20%	-0.5%
42nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.52%	0.3%
43rd	Paraguay	69.34%	0.3%
44th	Congo, Republic of	68.53%	-0.1%
45th	Barbados	68.23%	0.8%
46th	Myanmar	68.08%	-0.1%
47th	Albania	67.88%	-2.1%
48th	Colombia	67.33%	0.5%
49th	Brunei Darussalam	67.09%	0.5%
50th	Zimbabwe	66.97%	0.1%
51st	Netherlands	66.80%	0.1%
52nd	Guatemala	66.48%	0.1%
53rd	Denmark	66.44%	-0.9%
54th	Bahrain	66.04%	-0.5%
55th	Honduras	65.93%	0.2%
56th	Haiti	65.75%	-0.5%
57th	Indonesia	65.63%	-1.0%
58th	Kyrgyz Republic	65.54%	4.2%
59th	Côte d'Ivoire	65.44%	-0.1%
60th	Brazil	65.23%	0.4%
61st	United States	65.14%	-0.2%
62nd	Armenia	65.05%	-0.8%
63rd	Switzerland	65.04%	0.5%
64th	New Caledonia	65.00%	0.2%
65th	Canada	64.94%	-0.6%
66th	Lithuania	64.64%	-1.2%
67th	Sierra Leone	64.42%	0.0%
68th	Guinea-Bissau	64.02%	0.0%
69th	Kuwait	63.85%	0.8%
70th	Russian Federation	63.84%	-3.1%
71st	Guinea	63.84%	0.1%
72nd	Japan	63.81%	-0.3%
73rd	Sweden	63.44%	-2.2%
74th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	63.27%	0.5%
75th	St. Lucia	63.25%	0.2%
76th	Ecuador	63.23%	0.0%
77th	Estonia	63.16%	-2.3%
78th	New Zealand	62.87%	-0.1%
79th	Norway	62.80%	0.8%
80th	Rwanda	62.68%	-0.1%
81st	Australia	62.60%	-0.6%
82nd	El Salvador	62.57%	1.4%
83rd	Singapore	62.45%	0.5%
84th	Lao PDR	62.34%	-0.1%
85th	Slovak Republic	62.16%	-3.1%
86th	Hong Kong SAR, China	62.00%	-0.7%
87th	Botswana	61.94%	-0.3%
88th	Argentina	61.50%	1.3%
89th	Philippines	61.47%	0.0%
90th	Czechia	61.42%	0.0%
91st	Latvia	61.29%	-0.5%
92nd	Finland	61.28%	-1.3%
93rd	Equatorial Guinea	61.07%	0.5%
94th	United Kingdom	61.03%	-0.8%
95th	Israel	60.89%	2.4%
96th	Ireland	60.78%	1.0%
97th	Cyprus	60.53%	0.2%
98th	Poland	60.42%	-1.0%
99th	Korea	60.41%	0.0%
100th	Macao SAR, China	60.17%	3.3%
101st	Panama	60.14%	1.9%
102nd	Cabo Verde	60.11%	-0.4%
103rd	Guyana	60.06%	0.4%
104th	Mauritius	59.97%	-0.1%
105th	Peru	59.84%	1.6%
106th	Fiji	59.69%	-0.1%
107th	Trinidad and Tobago	59.61%	0.1%
108th	Zambia	59.60%	0.0%
109th	French Polynesia	59.47%	0.2%
110th	Mexico	59.29%	1.0%
111th	Moldova	59.28%	0.2%
112th	Belarus	59.13%	0.0%
113th	Togo	59.00%	-0.1%
114th	Tonga	58.88%	1.9%
115th	Ukraine	58.82%	-0.4%
116th	Oman	58.78%	1.3%
117th	Serbia	58.77%	-0.4%
118th	Mongolia	58.70%	0.5%
119th	Portugal	58.55%	-0.7%
120th	Germany	58.55%	-0.9%
121st	Slovenia	58.06%	-0.3%
122nd	India	58.03%	0.1%
123rd	South Africa	57.96%	-0.2%
124th	Nicaragua	57.74%	-0.2%
125th	Uzbekistan	57.57%	0.5%
126th	Dominican Republic	57.48%	0.3%
127th	Channel Islands	57.39%	0.0%
128th	Bangladesh	57.22%	0.3%
129th	Austria	57.19%	0.4%
130th	Malaysia	57.04%	0.6%
131st	Sri Lanka	56.72%	0.2%
132nd	Uruguay	56.59%	-1.8%
133rd	Costa Rica	56.54%	1.6%
134th	Samoa	56.26%	-0.2%
135th	Croatia	56.22%	-1.0%
136th	Belize	56.14%	0.2%
137th	European Union	55.44%	-0.6%
138th	North Macedonia	55.35%	-0.8%
139th	France	55.19%	0.0%
140th	Namibia	55.09%	0.0%
141st	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
142nd	Chile	54.81%	1.0%
143rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54.68%	-0.8%
144th	Eswatini	54.04%	-0.1%
145th	Luxembourg	52.30%	-1.2%
146th	Cuba	52.20%	-0.1%
147th	Türkiye	52.15%	-6.9%
148th	Morocco	51.32%	0.1%
149th	Hungary	51.06%	-0.1%
150th	Saudi Arabia	50.97%	-0.7%
151st	Montenegro	50.89%	-0.3%
152nd	Senegal	50.88%	-0.2%
153rd	Turkmenistan	50.86%	0.2%
154th	Syrian Arab Republic	50.80%	-0.1%
155th	Sudan	50.76%	0.5%
156th	Romania	50.76%	0.1%
157th	Maldives	50.59%	0.7%
158th	Malta	49.93%	0.1%
159th	Bulgaria	49.91%	-0.3%
160th	Spain	49.87%	0.2%
161st	Belgium	49.62%	0.2%
162nd	Greece	49.56%	-0.1%
163rd	Pakistan	49.20%	-1.0%
164th	Tunisia	49.10%	0.0%
165th	Gabon	48.52%	-0.1%
166th	Gambia, The	48.26%	0.0%
167th	Papua New Guinea	48.00%	-0.6%
168th	Italy	47.99%	-1.1%
169th	Suriname	47.95%	-0.6%
170th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.89%	1.5%
171st	Puerto Rico (US)	47.12%	3.4%
172nd	Afghanistan	47.02%	-0.1%
173rd	Mauritania	46.34%	-0.1%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	45.80%	-1.1%
175th	Algeria	45.79%	0.0%
176th	Libya	45.62%	0.1%
177th	Lebanon	44.45%	-0.3%
178th	Yemen, Republic of	44.14%	0.0%
179th	Iraq	42.36%	0.0%
180th	Comoros	41.84%	0.2%
181st	Nepal	41.56%	0.0%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.31%	0.0%
183rd	Jordan	39.44%	0.1%
184th	Djibouti	34.94%	-0.2%
185th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.83%	-0.1%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.70%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's labor force participation in 1993?▾

Nigeria's labor force participation in 1993 was 83.42%. This ranked 7th globally.

How did Nigeria's labor force participation change in 1993?▾

Nigeria's labor force participation increased by 0.5% in 1993 compared to 1992.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1993?▾

Burundi had the highest labor force participation in 1993 at 88.25%.

What is the labor force participation of Nigeria in 1993?▾

The labor force participation of Nigeria in 1993 was 83.42%. This ranked 7th globally.

How does 1993 compare to 1992 for Nigeria's labor force participation?▾

Nigeria's labor force participation went from 83.02% in 1992 to 83.42% in 1993, a 0.5% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Nigeria matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1993. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 72.8%. View full analysis →

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