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Nigeria Youth Unemployment 2000s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
7.56% decade average (2000-2009)

Nigeria's youth unemployment during the 2000s ranged from 7.22% (2002) to 7.92% (2008), averaging 7.56% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 7.57% +0.02pp 50th
2001 7.54% −0.03pp 46th
2002 7.22% −0.32pp 44th
2003 7.23% +0.01pp 42nd
2004 7.23% −0.00pp 35th
2005 7.54% +0.31pp 40th
2006 7.69% +0.15pp 44th
2007 7.86% +0.17pp 51st
2008 7.92% +0.06pp 49th
2009 7.84% −0.09pp 44th