Nigeria: agriculture sector share in employment

The employment in the agricultural sector as share of total employment in Nigeria saw no significant changes in 2022 in comparison to the previous year 2021 and remained at around 37.99 percent. But still, the share reached its lowest value of the observation period in 2022.
Employment in agriculture is the number of people performing activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry, and fishing that provide a service or produces goods to make a profit or get paid as a share of the total employed. This includes individuals attending work, or not working due to being temporarily absent from a job, or in a working-time arrangement.

Employment in the agriculture sector as a share of total employment in Nigeria from 2013 to 2022

Characteristic	Share of total employment
2022	37.99%
2021	38.55%
2020	38.78%
2019	38.59%
2018	38.61%
2017	38.51%
2016	38.25%
2015	37.99%
2014	38.08%
2013	38.35%

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Release date

May 2024

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Region

Nigeria

Survey time period

2013 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures are rounded.

The source adds the following information:
'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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).'

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