Unemployment rate during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force, 15 and over · National Bureau of Statistics, Labour Force Survey, as ILOSTAT processes its microdata on the ILO's definitions: quarterly 2014 Q1 to 2018 Q3 (the old survey, ages 15 to 64) and from Q4 2022 (the redesigned survey, 15 and over), nothing between; NBS's own headline rates differ (unemployment 4.3 % in Q2 2024 against 3.1 % here) · Nigeria data · as of Aug 2026.