Agriculture accounted for more than half of employment in Nigeria in 1991. By 2025, its share had fallen to a third, according to modelled ILO estimates published by the World Bank.
Over the same period, services’ share rose from 36.1% to 49.5%, recording the largest increase among the three broad sectors. Industry’s share also increased, from 10.1% to 17.0%.
Across the 34 years, agriculture’s share fell by 20.31 percentage points, while services and industry gained 13.38 and 6.93 percentage points, respectively.
Note: Agriculture includes farming, hunting, forestry and fishing. Industry includes mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities such as electricity, gas and water. Services includes trade, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage, communications, finance, insurance, real estate, business services, and community, social and personal services.
