The services sector occupied around ** percent of the total employment in Nigeria as of 2023. This was the largest share that year, as the agriculture and industry sectors covered approximately ** percent and ** percent of the country's total employment, respectively.
The source adds the following information:Â "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. (March 24, 2025). Distribution of employment in Nigeria as of 2023, by economic sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288834/employment-by-economic-sector-in-nigeria/
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