FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value in Nigeria
Nigeria: FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value was 68.74 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value in Nigeria, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 68.74 % for fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value in Nigeria peaked at 78.64 % in 2002 and was at its lowest, 61.97 %, in 2019.
That places Nigeria 11th out of 145 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 77.47 % | — |
| 2001 | 77.58 % | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 78.64 % | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 78.56 % | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 78.33 % | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 78.33 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 78.26 % | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 77.97 % | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 78.23 % | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 77.91 % | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 77.46 % | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 76.41 % | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 75.5 % | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 74.14 % | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 73.69 % | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 73.28 % | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 73.1 % | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 72.51 % | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 72.58 % | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 61.97 % | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 63.76 % | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 65.59 % | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 67.43 % | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 68.74 % | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.13 % | 77.47 % | 78.64 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.06 % | 61.97 % | 77.46 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.38 % | 63.76 % | 68.74 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 54.49 % compare
- 8 Ethiopia 73.55 % compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49.88 % compare
- 9 Zambia 71.83 % compare
- 10 Viet Nam 43.54 % compare
- 10 Zimbabwe 69.55 % compare
- 12 Angola 68.17 % compare
- 12 Türkiye 29.89 % compare
- 13 Benin 66.97 % compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 27.56 % compare
- 14 Rwanda 66.61 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value in Nigeria?
- Fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value in Nigeria was 68.74 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 78.64 % in 2002.
- What is the lowest fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.97 % in 2019.
- How does Nigeria rank for fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value?
- Nigeria ranks 11th out of 145 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.