Tuesday, November 30, 2010

USA Africa Dialogue Series - STAR INFORMATION: Unemployment Rates and Other Related Information in Nigeria (March 2009) {Re: Unemployment rate highest in Bayelsa, Katsina, others-Ogun has the least- NBS

 
 
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CONCEPTS /DEFINITIONS

 

Total Labour Force is made up of all persons aged 15 – 64 years excluding students, homekeepers, retired persons and stay-at-home parents, and persons unable to work or not interested in work.

 

Unemployment Rate is defined as the proportion of Labour Force who were available for work

but did not work in the week preceding the survey period for at least 39 hours.

 

Table 1: National Unemployment Rates (2000 - 2009)

 

 

Year

Rates

2000

13.1

2001

13.6

2002

12.6

2003

14.8

2004

13.4

2005

11.9

2006

12.3

2007

12.7

2008

14.9

2009

19.7

 

Table 2: Unemployment Rates in Nigeria by State, March  2009

S/N

State

%

Unemployment

(in declining order)

1

Bayelsa

 38.4  

2

Katsina State,

 37.3  

3

Bauchi

37.2

4

 Akwa Ibom State

 34.1

5

Gombe State

 32.1

6

 Adamawa State

 29.4

7

Rivers

27.9

8

 Borno

27.7

9

Kano

 27.6

10

Yobe

 27.3

11

Taraba

 26.8

12

Jigawa

 26.5

13

Sokoto

 22.4

14

FCT

 21.5

15

 Imo

 20.8

16

Ekiti

 20.6

 

Nigeria

19.7

17

Lagos

19.5

18

Kogi

19.0

19

Delta

18.4

20

Anambra

16.8

21

Enugu

14.9

22

Ondo

14.9

23

Oyo

14.9

24

Abia

14.5

25

Cross-River

14.3

26

Zamfara

13.3

27

Osun

12.6

28

Edo

12.2

29

Ebonyi

12.0

30

Kebbi

12.0

31

Niger

11.93

32

Kaduna

11.6

33

Kwara

11.0

34

Nassarawa

10.1

35

Benue

8.5

36

Ogun

8.5

37

Plateau

7.1

 

Table 3: Unemployment Rates by Educational Group, Age Group and Gender  

(March 2009)

 

ITEMS

Urban

 Rural

 Composite

All Groups

 19.2

 19.8

 19.7

Educational Level

 

 

 

Never Attended

20.6

 20

20.1

Below primary

18.4

22.9

22.3

Primary

15.1

14.7

 14.8

Secondary

 21.4

25.3

23.8

Post secondary

 13.9

26.4

 21.3

Age Group

 

 

 

15-24

49.9

39.6

 41.6

25-44

16.3

 17.3

 17

45-59

10

12.1

11.5

60-64

18.2

 16.2

 16.7

Gender

 

 

 

Male

17.2

16.9

 17

Female

 21.7

 23.9

23.3

 

 

Table 4: Distribution of Unemployed Persons by Educational Level, Age Group and

Gender, March 2009

 

 

ILO

Nigeria

Educational Level

Urban

 Rural

 Composite

 Urban

 Rural

 Composite

Never Attended

0.0

0.8

0.5

0.8

3.2

2.5

Primary

5.7

13.9

11.0

20.4

37.3

32.7

JSS

1.8

4.1

3.3

5.0

8.1

7.2

Vocational /Commercial

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

SSS

43.7

62.1

55.6

37.2

39.2

38.7

NCE/OND/Nursing

16.1

6.9

10.2

15.1

5.7

8.3

B.A/B.Sc/B.ED/HND

32.0

11.6

18.8

19.1

5.1

8.9

M.Sc/M.A/M.Adm

0.5

0.

0.5

1.5

0.1

0.5

Doctorate

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Others

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.9

1.2

1.1

Age Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

15-24

39.0

50.8

46.7

28.9

32.8

32.0

25-44

54.8

43.6

47.4

53.0

46.0

47.5

45-59

4.8

4.3

4.5

14.5

16.5

16.1

60-64

1.4

1.3

1.3

3.6

4.6

4.4

Gender

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male

50.4

57.4

55.0

48.4

52.9

51.9

Female

49.6

42.6

45.0

51.6

47.1

48.1

All

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 

 
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Unemployment rate highest in Bayelsa, Katsina, others-Ogun has the least- NBS

 

UNEMPLOYMENT rates in 16 states, including the Federal Capital Territory, are higher than the 19.7 per cent national average, the National Bureau of Statistics has said.

Bayelsa State has the highest composite unemployment rate of 38.4 per cent, followed by Katsina State, whose rate stands at 37.3 per cent, according to a survey recently concluded by the NBS.

The Statistician-General, NBS, Dr. Vincent Akinyosoye, disclosed these in a paper on "The Phenomenon of Economic Growth Without Job Creation: Evidence from Nigeria", obtained exclusively by our correspondent on Monday.

He said the annual collaborative surveys on socio-economic activities, jointly conducted by the NBS, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission provided the results of the annual Labour Force Survey.

Other states with higher-than-average unemployment rates, according to the survey, are Bauchi State (37.2 per cent), Akwa Ibom State (34.1 per cent), Gombe State (32.1 per cent), Adamawa State (29.4 per cent), Rivers State (27.9 per cent), Borno State (27.7 per cent) and Kano State (27.6 per cent).

Yobe, Taraba, Jigawa, Sokoto, Imo and Ekiti states' unemployment rates stood at 27.3 per cent, 26.8 per cent, 26.5 per cent, 24.4 per cent, 20.8 per cent and 20.6 per cent, respectively, in the review period.

The FCT also recorded an unemployment rate of 21.5 per cent.
According to the NBS, the high incidence of unemployment amid economic growth reveals major dislocations in Nigeria's socio-economic system.

"On a general note, the fact that Nigeria is experiencing economic growth with high incidence of unemployment indicates some major dislocations in its socio-economic system," it said.

The bureau noted that unemployment rates in oil producing states like Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Rivers were higher than the national average because "the oil industry that dominates economic activities in those areas is a capital-intensive industry that has very limited space for unskilled labour, which is abundant in the affected states."

It said, "Again, unemployed persons tend to migrate to the oil producing states, thereby, increasing the job queues in these areas.

"The ease with which able-bodied persons in the oil producing areas derive benefits from illegal oil bunkering and other unwholesome activities also makes the urge to look for paid employment very low. Nevertheless, they declared themselves 'unemployed' when asked about their job status."

The NBS report also said that states, which generated high economic activities, without corresponding employment opportunities, experienced higher unemployment rates than neighbouring states with smaller economies.

"This may explain why Lagos State, from the survey, had an unemployment rate of 19.5 per cent in 2009 as against neighbouring Ogun State with a lower figure of 8.5 per cent," it said.


 

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