Niger's labor market data, compiled by the International Labour Organization from sources like labor force surveys and administrative records. The dataset includes information on employed and unemployed individuals, with specific exclusions such as unpaid family workers. It is provided by the World Bank Group and was last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
- Modeling labor supply based on the described categories of employed, unemployed, and first-time job-seekers.
- Analyzing employment trends using data compiled from labor force surveys and administrative records.
- Assessing social protection program coverage by examining the labor force composition.
Strengths
- Data is compiled by the International Labour Organization, a specialized UN agency.
- Sourced from multiple methods including labor force surveys, censuses, and administrative records.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Compiled by the International Labour Organization from labor force surveys, censuses, establishment censuses and surveys, and administrative records.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 10:00:50.135408; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Niger