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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

The National Bureau of Statistics said that Nigeria\u2019s unemployment rate has increased to 27.1 percent in the second quarter of 2020 from 23.1 per cent recorded in 2018.<\/p>\n

The agency which confirmed this in a statement titled \u2018Labor Force Statistics: Unemployment and Underemployment Report\u2019 which was released on Friday added that the number of persons in the economically active or working-age population (15 \u2013 64 years of age) increased to 116,871,186 from 115,492,969 in 2018.<\/p>\n

According to the report, more than 17 million Nigerians have become unemployed since December 2014, while the total working-age population has grown by almost the same number in those six years.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the period under review, Q2 2020, the unemployment rate among young people (15-34 years) was 34.9 per cent, up from 29.7 per cent, while the rate of underemployment for the same age group rose to 28.2 per cent from 25.7 per cent in Q3 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese rates were the highest when compared to other age groupings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number of persons in the labour force (i.e. people within ages 15 -64, who are able and willing to work) was estimated to be 80,291,894. This was 11.3 per cent less than the number of persons in Q3 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf this number, those within the age bracket of 25-34 were highest, with 23,328,460 or 29.1 per cent of the labour force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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