Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
33.5% Nigeria, 2025
Down 0.6 points from 34.1% in 2024.
Modelled estimateYearly
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).
- Type of figure
- Modelled estimate. Produced by a statistical model that combines surveys and other data, often to fill years without a survey. It is not a direct measurement.
- Updated
- Yearly
- Compiled from
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.5% |
| 2024 | 34.1% |
| 2023 | 34.7% |
| 2022 | 35.3% |
| 2021 | 37.3% |
| 2020 | 38.8% |
| 2019 | 39.0% |
| 2018 | 39.4% |
| 2017 | 39.7% |
| 2016 | 40.0% |
| 2015 | 40.1% |
| 2014 | 40.6% |
| 2013 | 41.6% |
| 2012 | 42.9% |
| 2011 | 44.0% |
| 2010 | 45.0% |
| 2009 | 46.1% |
| 2008 | 47.0% |
| 2007 | 47.7% |
| 2006 | 48.4% |
| 2005 | 49.1% |
| 2004 | 49.8% |
| 2003 | 50.9% |
| 2002 | 51.5% |
| 2001 | 51.9% |
| 2000 | 52.3% |
| 1999 | 52.8% |
| 1998 | 53.0% |
| 1997 | 53.4% |
| 1996 | 53.6% |
| 1995 | 53.8% |
| 1994 | 53.8% |
| 1993 | 53.7% |
| 1992 | 53.5% |
| 1991 | 53.8% |