Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) fell 0.462% to 10.6% in Nigeria in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Nigeria reached an all time high of 10.6% in 2020 and an all time low of 3.65% in 2015. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) in Benin amounted to 1.29%, 3.33% in Cameroon, 2.20% in Chad and 0.815% in Niger in 2021.
Nigeria has been ranked 39th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force), 84 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate, Male (As % of Male Labour Force) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 9.92% | 8.18% | 8.31% | 8.41% | 8.52% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 1.78% | 1.59% | 1.41% | 1.23% | 1.23% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 4.22% | 4.39% | 4.57% | 4.74% | 4.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 3.09% | 3.12% | 3.14% | 3.15% | 3.17% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 4.83% | 4.88% | 4.92% | 4.94% | 4.98% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 1.33% | 1.37% | 1.38% | 1.38% | 1.37% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 15.3% | 15.4% | 15.5% | 15.7% | 15.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 16.3% | 16.3% | 16.1% | 16.2% | 16.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 6.89% | 6.79% | 6.69% | 6.70% | 6.72% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.600% | 0.601% | 0.606% | 0.605% | 0.611% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 3.65% | 6.19% | 7.68% | 8.53% | 9.38% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 12.5% | 12.6% | 12.7% | 12.8% | 12.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 2.68% | 3.66% | 4.65% | 4.61% | 4.58% |
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