| subtitle |
NLFS SURVEY REPORT Q1 2024 |
| Author(s) |
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) |
| Date |
2024-06-01 |
| Language |
English |
| Contributor(s) |
World Bank (WB) |
| Publisher(s) |
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) |
| Description |
This document contains the the Nigeria Labour Force Statistics Report Q1 2024 |
| Abstract |
This report contains findings from the Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS) for the first quarter of 2024. The statistics are measured based on the labour force framework as guided by the international standard for labour market statistics for international comparability and the specific data requirements for the country.
The main objective of the NLFS is to collect basic statistics on the labour market situation in Nigeria and make labour statistics available to support government policies and programmes for effective planning, and for the private sector to
support investment decision-making aimed at improving the employment situation in the country. The Labour Force Survey also serves as a tool for monitoring progress towards national goals and global commitments with an overarching goal of promoting the welfare of the Nigerian population while ensuring the availability of labour market statistics to feed into the global sustainable development goals agenda. Labour is often one of the most important factors of production and is a major determinant of the economic system globally. Therefore, it is imperative to know whether people are working or not, how long they work, and the nature of the jobs they are engaged in.
The NLFS enables key labour market statistics and the employment situation to be monitored periodically in Nigeria. The indicators include the labour force participation rate, employment-to-population ratio, unemployment rate, time related underemployment, self-employment, labour underutilisation, and other key job characteristics. |
| Table of contents |
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3
Highlights of the results ................................................................................................4
Labour Force Participation Rate.......................................................................................6
Employment-to-Population Ratio............................................................................ ..........8
Status in Employment...................................................................................................10
Informal Employment in Nigeria ...................................................................................... 12
Unemployment in Nigeria.............................................................................................. 14
Time-related Underemployment............................................................................ ..........15
Other Forms of Labour UnderutiliSation (LU2-LU4)............................................ ....................17
Discouraged Jobseekers.............................................................................................. 19
Youth NEET Estimate............................................................................................. .....20
Annex A..................................................................................................................21
Results Tables...........................................................................................................21
DEFINITION OF LABOUR MARKET INDICATORS...................................................................25
Annex B: ................................................................................................................26
Labour Force Dynamics ........................................................................................ .......23
Survey Design ......................................................................................................... 27
References..............................................................................................................28
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 - Labour Force Participation Rate by Sex and Urban-Rural (Percent) ..................................... 6
Figure 2: Trend of Labour Force Participation Rate ..................................................................... 7
Figure 3: Employment-to-Population Ratio by Sex and Urban-Rural .................... ..............................8
Figure 4: Trend of Employment-to-Population Ratio ..................................................................... 8
Figure 5 - Self-Employed and Wage Employment ........................................................................ 11
Figure 6: Informal employment in total employment ............................................................ .........12
Figure 7: Proportion of informal employment in total employment excluding agriculture by education, (%) ......13
Figure 8: Percentage of informal employment by sex and place of residence ........................................ 13
Figure 9: Unemployment by Place of Residence, Educational Attainment, and Age Group. ...................... ..14
Figure 10: Trend of Unemployment ................................................................ .........................15
Figure 11: Time-related Underemployment by Sex, Urban-Rural, Educational Attainment, and Age............... 16
Figure 12: Trend of Time-related Underemployment ........................................ ..............................16
Figure 13: Forms of Labour Underutilisation by Sex and Urban-Rural .................................................. 17
Figure 14: Trend of Labour Underutilisation ................................................................................ 18
Figure 15: Discouraged Job Seekers by Sex and Urban-Rural ............................ ...............................19
Figure 16: NEET by Sex ....................................................................................................... 20
Figure 17: Structure of the Labour Market ................................................................................. 26 |
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