Common jobs of women in Nigeria 2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 15, 2023
In a survey conducted in Nigeria in 2022, around 30 percent of the women declared that they worked in agriculture. Other common occupations of Nigerian women were trader, artisan, housewife, student, or skilled manual worker (e.g., trades like electrician, mechanic, machinist, or skilled manufacturing worker).

Main working status of women in Nigeria as of 2022

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Agriculture/farming/fishing/forestry 21.1%
Trader/hawker/vendor 16%
Artisan or skilled manual worker**** 14.1%
Housewife/homemaker 11.6%
Student 8.9%
Retail/shop 8.6%
Unskilled manual worker** 5%
Mid-level professional
(e.g., teacher, nurse, mid-level government officer)		 4.9%
Never had a job 3.8%
Upper-level professional*** 2.1%
Supervisor/foreman/senior manager 1.7%
Clerical or secretarial 0.9%
Other 0.8%
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Release date

2022

Region

Nigeria

Survey time period

March 5 to 31, 2022

Number of respondents

1,600*

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Both male and female respondents.
** Examples include: cleaner, laborer, domestic help, unskilled manufacturing worker.
**** Examples include: trades like electrician, mechanic, machinist or skilled manufacturing worker.

Nationally representative, random, clustered, stratified, multi-stage area probability sample.

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