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Nigeria vs South Africa: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Nigeria's Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 33.53, compared to South Africa's 5.41. That makes Nigeria's value 520.2% higher than South Africa's.

Nigeria

Rank #50 of 182 globally

Nigeria trend
Latest (2025)
33.53
Year-over-year
-1.7%
10-year change
-16.3%
Peak
48.39 (2006)
Trough
33.53 (2025)

South Africa

Rank #126 of 182 globally

South Africa trend
Latest (2025)
5.41
Year-over-year
-0.6%
10-year change
-3.0%
Peak
5.81 (2006)
Trough
4.53 (2011)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.