Jobs in farming in Nigeria
33.5%
% of all jobs · 2025
50th highest of 181 countries
In 2015: 40.1%
Nearby in the ranking
- Azerbaijan 34.2%
- Georgia 34.0%
- Comoros 33.6%
- Nigeria 33.5%
- Cambodia 33.4%
- Ecuador 32.5%
- Mauritania 32.1%
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About the data
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).
- Unit
- % of all jobs
- Years
- 1991–2025
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS), CC BY 4.0