The services sector occupied around 52 percent of the total employment in Nigeria as of 2021. This was the largest share that year, as the agriculture and industry sectors covered approximately 35 percent and 13 percent of the country's total employment, respectively.
Distribution of employment in Nigeria as of 2021, by economic sector
The source adds the following information: "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 industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4)."
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World Bank. (October 26, 2023). Distribution of employment in Nigeria as of 2021, by economic sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288834/employment-by-economic-sector-in-nigeria/
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