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Nigeria
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older. The labor force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed.

Global rank#3out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

80.779.277.776.274.6199020082025Nigeria · 2025: 81Nigeria

Analytical takeaways

  • Nigeria records 81 for Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #3 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) increased from 75 in 1990 to 81 in 2025, a gain of 6.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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