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Nigeria Youth Unemployment 2020s

Name: Nigeria Youth Unemployment 2020s
Creator: World Bank
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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

6.90% decade average (2020-2029)

Nigeria's youth unemployment during the 2020s ranged from 5.09% (2024) to 10.84% (2020), averaging 6.90% over 6 years of data.

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2020s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2020	10.84%	+0.42pp	58th
2021	8.99%	−1.85pp	45th
2022	6.02%	−2.97pp	28th
2023	5.13%	−0.89pp	28th
2024	5.09%	−0.04pp	26th
2025	5.34%	+0.25pp	28th