ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Nigeria
Nigeria: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 37,896 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Nigeria, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria is 37,896 1000 No, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Nigeria peaked at 37,896 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 23,318 1000 No, in 1991.
Nigeria ranks 5th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 23,318 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 24,060 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 24,927 1000 No | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 25,895 1000 No | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 26,725 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 27,358 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 28,039 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 28,655 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 29,328 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 29,765 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 30,301 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 30,886 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 31,214 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 31,327 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 31,578 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 31,821 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 32,093 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 32,378 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 32,608 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 32,588 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 32,690 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 32,737 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 32,532 1000 No | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 32,565 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 32,952 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 33,702 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 34,382 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 35,022 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 35,605 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 35,523 1000 No | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 35,569 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 35,690 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 37,027 1000 No | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 37,467 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 37,896 1000 No | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,478 1000 No | 23,318 1000 No | 29,328 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 31,397 1000 No | 29,765 1000 No | 32,608 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,478 1000 No | 32,532 1000 No | 35,605 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,529 1000 No | 35,523 1000 No | 37,896 1000 No | 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 37,896 1000 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 37,896 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,318 1000 No in 1991.
- How does Nigeria rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Nigeria ranks 5th out of 175 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 up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — 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.