The number of unemployed Nigerians rose to 21.77 million in the second quarter of this year , compared to 20.93 million in Q3 2018, according to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics , yesterday.
The working age population is estimated at 112.39 million with an active labour force of 80.29 million, while 32.10 million people are not currently in the labour force. It added that unemployment rate among rural dwellers increased to 28 per cent compared to 23.9 per cent in Q3 2018, while urban dwellers reported a rate of 25.4 per cent up from 21.2 per cent.
However, those within the age bracket of 25-34 represented the highest number in the labour force accounting for 23.32 million or 29.1 per cent of the work force.It added that the number of economically active or working age population also rose by 1.2 per cent to 116.87 million from 115.5million in Q3, 2018.
losses, since those people previously had jobs and were already in the labour market, which does not change as a result of them losing their jobs. States with the lowest unemployment rate include Anambra, Kwara and Sokoto with 13.1 per cent, 13.8 per cent and 13.9 per cent, respectively.
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