Nigeria vs South Africa: Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 84.30, compared to South Africa's 61.74. That makes Nigeria's value 36.5% higher than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #14 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 84.30
- Year-over-year
- -0.1%
- 10-year change
- -1.7%
- Peak
- 87.22 (2006)
- Trough
- 83.67 (2020)
South Africa
Rank #155 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 61.74
- Year-over-year
- -0.1%
- 10-year change
- -0.7%
- Peak
- 65.34 (2006)
- Trough
- 57.53 (2020)
Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0.