ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Nigeria
Nigeria: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0001 1000 No per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Nigeria, 1991–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per person.
Analysis
In 2025, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria stood at 0.0001 1000 No per person. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria peaked at 0.0001 1000 No per person in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 1000 No per person, in 2025.
Nigeria ranks 21st of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | — |
| 1992 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 0.0001 1000 No per person | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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 ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria was 0.0001 1000 No per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 1000 No per person in 1995.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 1000 No per person in 2025.
- How does Nigeria rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Nigeria ranks 21st out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.