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Niger — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Niger, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.39%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -75.2% since 1991
Unemployment for Niger was 0.39% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.10% in 2005. The lowest was 0.32% in 2011 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.02% per year.
Niger ranks 185 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 99%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Niger sits below it. It peaked in 2005 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.39%
First (1991)
1.59%
Change
-75.2%
Highest
3.10%
in 2005
Lowest
0.32%
in 2011
Average
1.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-4.02%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.39% |
| 2024 | 0.38% |
| 2023 | 0.41% |
| 2022 | 0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.81% |
| 2020 | 0.59% |
| 2019 | 0.53% |
| 2018 | 0.54% |
| 2017 | 0.56% |
| 2016 | 0.55% |
| 2015 | 0.56% |
| 2014 | 0.52% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.