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Employment in services — Nigeria

Employment in services in Nigeria in 2025 — 49.5%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 13.4 pp.

2025 49.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 130of 182
Period maximum 49.5%2025
Period minimum 36.1%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Nigeria, 1991–20253540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 36.1%1992: 36.4%1993: 36.5%1994: 36.6%1995: 36.7%1996: 36.9%1997: 37.1%1998: 37.5%1999: 37.8%2000: 38.3%2001: 38.6%2002: 38.6%2003: 39.1%2004: 39.9%2005: 40.4%2006: 41%2007: 41.6%2008: 42.1%2009: 42.6%2010: 43.3%2011: 44%2012: 44.3%2013: 44.6%2014: 45.4%2015: 46%2016: 46.4%2017: 46.8%2018: 47.2%2019: 47.7%2020: 46.7%2021: 47.1%2022: 47.9%2023: 48.5%2024: 49.1%2025: 49.5%
Change over the period: +13.4 pp Annual average: 0.39 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Nigeria 49.5%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.5 +0.4 pp
2024 49.1 +0.6 pp
2023 48.5 +0.5 pp
2022 47.9 +0.8 pp
2021 47.1 +0.4 pp
2020 46.7 −1 pp
2019 47.7 +0.5 pp
2018 47.2 +0.4 pp
2017 46.8 +0.4 pp
2016 46.4 +0.5 pp
2015 46 +0.6 pp
2014 45.4 +0.8 pp
2013 44.6 +0.3 pp
2012 44.3 +0.3 pp
2011 44 +0.7 pp
2010 43.3 +0.7 pp
2009 42.6 +0.5 pp
2008 42.1 +0.5 pp
2007 41.6 +0.6 pp
2006 41 +0.6 pp
2005 40.4 +0.5 pp
2004 39.9 +0.8 pp
2003 39.1 +0.5 pp
2002 38.6 +0 pp
2001 38.6 +0.3 pp
2000 38.3 +0.5 pp
1999 37.8 +0.3 pp
1998 37.5 +0.4 pp
1997 37.1 +0.2 pp
1996 36.9 +0.2 pp
1995 36.7 +0.1 pp
1994 36.6 +0.1 pp
1993 36.5 +0.1 pp
1992 36.4 +0.3 pp
1991 36.1 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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