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Nigeria Youth Unemployment 2010s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
8.72% decade average (2010-2019)

Nigeria's youth unemployment during the 2010s ranged from 7.71% (2013) to 10.42% (2019), averaging 8.72% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 7.86% +0.02pp 44th
2011 7.90% +0.04pp 42nd
2012 7.86% −0.04pp 43rd
2013 7.71% −0.15pp 44th
2014 8.04% +0.33pp 45th
2015 8.46% +0.41pp 46th
2016 9.10% +0.64pp 55th
2017 9.71% +0.61pp 65th
2018 10.14% +0.43pp 75th
2019 10.42% +0.28pp 76th