ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Nigeria
Nigeria: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0407 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Nigeria, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria is 0.0407 1000 No per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria peaked at 0.0407 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0256 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places Nigeria 10th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0256 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0264 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0274 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0284 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0293 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 0.03 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0308 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0315 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0322 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0327 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0333 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0339 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0343 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0344 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0347 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0349 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0352 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0355 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0358 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0358 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0359 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0359 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0357 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0358 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0362 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.037 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0378 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0385 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0391 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.039 1000 No per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0391 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0392 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0407 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0291 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0256 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0322 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0345 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0327 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0358 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0368 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0357 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0391 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0395 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.039 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0407 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 7 Uganda 0.0697 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 8 Comoros 0.0528 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 9 Malawi 0.0513 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 11 Pakistan 0.0369 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 12 Philippines 0.0364 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 13 Sri Lanka 0.0345 1000 No per square kilometre 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 ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria was 0.0407 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0407 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0256 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Nigeria rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Nigeria ranks 10th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Value, per square kilometre. 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 — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 — Value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.