Nigeria - Employment in agriculture

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nigeria was 23.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 45.88 in 1991, while its lowest value was 23.57 in 2019.

Definition: 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).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 45.88
1992 45.70
1993 45.45
1994 45.15
1995 44.91
1996 44.58
1997 44.19
1998 43.80
1999 43.38
2000 42.91
2001 42.13
2002 41.19
2003 40.47
2004 39.93
2005 38.78
2006 37.65
2007 36.50
2008 35.36
2009 34.21
2010 33.17
2011 32.11
2012 30.17
2013 28.20
2014 27.25
2015 26.47
2016 25.61
2017 24.84
2018 24.24
2019 23.57

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nigeria was 44.48 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 54.65 in 1995, while its lowest value was 44.48 in 2019.

Definition: 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).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 54.48
1992 54.34
1993 54.48
1994 54.60
1995 54.65
1996 54.46
1997 54.32
1998 54.20
1999 54.19
2000 53.76
2001 53.25
2002 52.15
2003 51.41
2004 50.37
2005 50.23
2006 50.05
2007 49.77
2008 49.41
2009 48.91
2010 48.31
2011 47.77
2012 47.30
2013 46.68
2014 45.82
2015 45.39
2016 45.30
2017 45.06
2018 44.80
2019 44.48

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nigeria was 34.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 50.57 in 1991, while its lowest value was 34.97 in 2019.

Definition: 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).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 50.57
1992 50.41
1993 50.36
1994 50.28
1995 50.18
1996 49.93
1997 49.67
1998 49.42
1999 49.21
2000 48.75
2001 48.13
2002 47.10
2003 46.37
2004 45.56
2005 44.95
2006 44.34
2007 43.66
2008 42.95
2009 42.16
2010 41.36
2011 40.58
2012 39.47
2013 38.27
2014 37.51
2015 36.94
2016 36.55
2017 36.05
2018 35.53
2019 34.97

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity