Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Niger

Youth unemployment in Niger in 2025 — 0.46%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.82 pp.

2025 0.46% +0.07 pp vs 2024
World rank 1of 182
Period maximum 6.18%2005
Period minimum 0.39%2024

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of labor force aged 15–24

Youth unemployment — Niger, 1991–20250246819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 3.28%1992: 3.26%1993: 3.23%1994: 3.18%1995: 3.17%1996: 3.17%1997: 3.17%1998: 3.01%1999: 3.01%2000: 3.06%2001: 3.11%2002: 3.83%2003: 4.53%2004: 5.54%2005: 6.18%2006: 5.02%2007: 3.96%2008: 3%2009: 2.13%2010: 1.21%2011: 0.47%2012: 3.85%2013: 2.33%2014: 0.67%2015: 0.7%2016: 0.72%2017: 0.73%2018: 0.74%2019: 0.75%2020: 0.74%2021: 0.72%2022: 0.4%2023: 0.4%2024: 0.39%2025: 0.46%
Change over the period: −2.82 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Niger

Niger 0.46%
World 13.41%
Western Africa computed 4.95%
Low-income countries computed 8.88%
Youth unemployment — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.46 +0.07 pp
2024 0.39 −0.01 pp
2023 0.4 +0 pp
2022 0.4 −0.32 pp
2021 0.72 −0.03 pp
2020 0.74 −0.01 pp
2019 0.75 +0.01 pp
2018 0.74 +0.01 pp
2017 0.73 +0.02 pp
2016 0.72 +0.01 pp
2015 0.7 +0.03 pp
2014 0.67 −1.65 pp
2013 2.33 −1.53 pp
2012 3.85 +3.39 pp
2011 0.47 −0.74 pp
2010 1.21 −0.92 pp
2009 2.13 −0.86 pp
2008 3 −0.96 pp
2007 3.96 −1.07 pp
2006 5.02 −1.16 pp
2005 6.18 +0.64 pp
2004 5.54 +1.01 pp
2003 4.53 +0.7 pp
2002 3.83 +0.72 pp
2001 3.11 +0.05 pp
2000 3.06 +0.05 pp
1999 3.01 −0 pp
1998 3.01 −0.17 pp
1997 3.17 +0 pp
1996 3.17 +0 pp
1995 3.17 −0.01 pp
1994 3.18 −0.05 pp
1993 3.23 −0.03 pp
1992 3.26 −0.02 pp
1991 3.28 —

About the indicator

The share of the economically active population aged 15–24 that is unemployed. In almost every country youth unemployment runs two to three times above the overall rate: the young have no experience, and their first entry into the labor market puts them up against more qualified workers. A sharp gap with the overall rate points to structural problems in the transition from school to work.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.