According to the data, the unemployment rate rose to twenty seven point one per cent in the second quarter of 2020 from the twenty three point one per cent recorded in third quarter of 2018.
The NBS, in its ‘Labor Force Statistics: Unemployment and Underemployment Report’, said underemployment rate increased from twenty point one to per cent in the third quarter of 2018 to twenty eight point six per cent in second quarter 2020.
According to the report, Imo State reported the highest rate of unemployment with 48.7%, followed by Akwa-Ibom State and Rivers State with 45.2% and 43.7% respectively.
It said Anambra recorded the lowest rate of unemployment at thirteen point one per cent.
