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Nigeria Unemployment Rate 2025-03-05 14:00 Africa/Lagos: data, chart, and analysis

Nigeria Unemployment Rate came in at 27.5 on Mar 5, 2025, compared with 27.5 previously. See the full release history, chart, Central Bank of Nigeria context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
27.5
Previous
27.5
Forecast
--
Reference period
2025-02-28

Last updated:

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Nigeria Unemployment Rate release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Nigeria Unemployment Rate chart through 2025-02-28
NGN Unemployment Rate readings through 2025-02-28. Latest: 27.5.

Unemployment Rate release read

Nigeria Unemployment Rate came in at 27.5 on Mar 5, 2025, compared with 27.5 previously. See the full release history, chart, Central Bank of Nigeria context, and API access for this series.

The parent Unemployment Rate page shows the full time series for Nigeria. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For NGN event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID ngn_unemployment_2025-03-05
API announcement ID ngn_unemployment_2025-02-28
Release time
2025-03-05 13:00 UTC
Reference period date 2025-02-28
Actual value 27.5
Previous value 27.5
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1741179600

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Nigeria Unemployment Rate history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

More Nigeria Unemployment Rate releases

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Newer release

2025-04-07 14:00 Africa/Lagos · 27.5

Older release

2025-02-05 14:00 Africa/Lagos · 27.5

Related Nigeria indicators

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Employment Level

Total number of employed persons.

Full-Time Employment

Number of persons employed full-time.

Labor Force Participation Rate

Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.

Part-Time Employment

Number of persons employed part-time.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Nigeria Unemployment Rate.

What did Nigeria Unemployment Rate come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Nigeria Unemployment Rate was 27.5% in Q1 2025. The previous reading was 27.5%.

When was this Nigeria Unemployment Rate release published?

This release was published on Mar 5, 2025 at 14:00 Africa/Lagos.

When is the next Nigeria Unemployment Rate release?

The next Nigeria Unemployment Rate date is added here as soon as the publisher confirms its official schedule.

What is the official source for Nigeria Unemployment Rate?

NBS publishes the official Unemployment Rate series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1741179600,
  "announcement_id": "ngn_unemployment_2025-02-28",
  "date": "2025-02-28",
  "previous_value": 27.5,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1741179600,
      "val": 27.5
    }
  ],
  "val": 27.5
}