Unemployment

South African unemployment rate, already the highest in the world, rose to 32.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to official government figures released. The Quarterly Labour Force Survey reported that the number of unemployed…

The global unemployment rate is expected to inch up to 5.2% this year primarily because of a rise in joblessness in advanced economies, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Wednesday. ILO's 2024 World Employment and Social…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the country's  unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent in the second quarter of 2023. In a just released report, the NBS said the figure was a marginal increase of 0.1 percent from 4.1…

The lawmaker representing Ebonyi/ Ohaukwu federal constituency, Hon. Pastor Eze Nwachukwu, has commenced the distribution of empowerment forms to his constituents in twenty-eight wards of the constituency. This was contained in a statement…

The National Bureau of Statistics has said it will publish current unemployment and employment data for Nigeria by May 2023. It disclosed this in a report titled ‘Nigeria Labour Force Framework Re-design 2023’. The NBS noted that the…

The Federal Government has called on the organised private sector to assist in reducing unemployment in the country. The Government says this can be achieved through Science, technology and Innovation (STI). Permanent Secretary,…

Turkey's unemployment rate reached 13.9% in April, up 0.9 percentage points from the previous month, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on Thursday. “The number of unemployed age 15 and…

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week as layoffs subsided, with companies desperate for workers to meet surging demand unleashed by a rapidly reopening the economy.…

Nigeria’s unemployment rate has risen to 33.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Q4, 2020), representing 23.18 million people.  This is based on the Q4, 2020 Unemployment and Underemployment report released by the National…