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Agriculture share of GDP — Nigeria

Agriculture share of GDP in Nigeria in 2025 — 23%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 158. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 10.7 pp.

2025 23% −2.9 pp vs 2024
World rank 22of 158
Period maximum 37%2002
Period minimum 12.2%1981

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Nigeria, 1981–202501020304019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 12.2%1982: 13.5%1983: 15%1984: 18.3%1985: 18.2%1986: 18%1987: 20.6%1988: 23.4%1989: 21.3%1990: 21.6%1991: 20.9%1992: 20.3%1993: 23.5%1994: 25.2%1995: 25.5%1996: 26.2%1997: 27.4%1998: 27.9%1999: 26%2000: 21.4%2001: 24.5%2002: 37%2003: 33.8%2004: 27.2%2005: 26.1%2006: 24.7%2007: 24.7%2008: 25.3%2009: 26.7%2010: 23.9%2011: 22.2%2012: 21.9%2013: 20.8%2014: 20%2015: 20.6%2016: 21%2017: 20.8%2018: 21.2%2019: 25.7%2020: 28.3%2021: 29.4%2022: 28.6%2023: 27.7%2024: 25.9%2025: 23%
Change over the period: +10.7 pp Annual average: 0.24 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria

Nigeria 23%
World 4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17.9%
Western Africa computed 22.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 15.4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23 −2.9 pp
2024 25.9 −1.8 pp
2023 27.7 −0.8 pp
2022 28.6 −0.8 pp
2021 29.4 +1 pp
2020 28.3 +2.6 pp
2019 25.7 +4.5 pp
2018 21.2 +0.4 pp
2017 20.8 −0.1 pp
2016 21 +0.4 pp
2015 20.6 +0.6 pp
2014 20 −0.8 pp
2013 20.8 −1.1 pp
2012 21.9 −0.4 pp
2011 22.2 −1.7 pp
2010 23.9 −2.9 pp
2009 26.7 +1.5 pp
2008 25.3 +0.6 pp
2007 24.7 −0.1 pp
2006 24.7 −1.4 pp
2005 26.1 −1.1 pp
2004 27.2 −6.6 pp
2003 33.8 −3.1 pp
2002 37 +12.5 pp
2001 24.5 +3.1 pp
2000 21.4 −4.7 pp
1999 26 −1.9 pp
1998 27.9 +0.5 pp
1997 27.4 +1.2 pp
1996 26.2 +0.7 pp
1995 25.5 +0.3 pp
1994 25.2 +1.7 pp
1993 23.5 +3.2 pp
1992 20.3 −0.6 pp
1991 20.9 −0.7 pp
1990 21.6 +0.3 pp
1989 21.3 −2.1 pp
1988 23.4 +2.8 pp
1987 20.6 +2.5 pp
1986 18 −0.2 pp
1985 18.2 −0.1 pp
1984 18.3 +3.3 pp
1983 15 +1.5 pp
1982 13.5 +1.3 pp
1981 12.2 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 47.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 40.6 ML Mali 33 LR Liberia 32.7 GN Guinea 31.3 SL Sierra Leone 29.5 GM Gambia 23.8 NG Nigeria 23 BJ Benin 22.9 GH Ghana 21.3 TG Togo 20.3 MR Mauritania 20 BF Burkina Faso 19.9 SN Senegal 17.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 16.8 CV Cabo Verde 5
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing in GDP. It is one of the most reliable indicators of the level of economic development: in low-income countries the sector delivers a quarter of GDP or more, in high-income ones usually less than 2%, even though the physical volume of output there can be far larger.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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