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Nigeria – Industry Employment 2025

Share of total employment in the industry sector. Includes mining, manufacturing, construction, and utilities. · World Bank
17.01% +0.17% from 2024 G20 rank: 68th

Nigeria's industry employment was 17.01% in 2025, increased +0.17% from 16.84% in 2024. This was the 68th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2025
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Burundi 3.10% 0.3%
2nd Timor-Leste 3.80% -0.4%
3rd Mozambique 6.44% 0.2%
4th Djibouti 6.68% 2.3%
5th Angola 7.20% 0.6%
6th Uganda 7.30% 1.0%
7th Malawi 7.34% 0.2%
8th Lao PDR 7.41% 0.2%
9th Solomon Islands 7.58% -0.7%
10th Luxembourg 7.64% -2.3%
11th Papua New Guinea 7.87% 2.2%
12th Congo, Democratic Republic of 8.02% 0.2%
13th Tanzania 8.10% 0.7%
14th Liberia 8.35% 0.8%
15th Chad 8.50% -0.6%
16th Mali 8.59% -0.9%
17th Haiti 8.80% -1.2%
18th Niger 9.27% 0.7%
19th Guinea-Bissau 9.71% 0.3%
20th Madagascar 9.90% 0.4%
21st Equatorial Guinea 9.93% -2.1%
22nd Vanuatu 10.05% -2.1%
23rd Zambia 10.28% 2.7%
24th Macao SAR, China 10.99% -1.0%
25th Yemen, Republic of 11.13% -2.0%
26th Sierra Leone 11.47% 1.1%
27th Zimbabwe 11.53% 0.8%
28th Kenya 12.48% 1.3%
29th Moldova 12.55% -0.1%
30th Channel Islands 12.65% -1.1%
31st Fiji 12.65% 0.3%
32nd Eritrea 12.74% 0.6%
33rd Central African Republic 13.39% -0.4%
34th Netherlands 13.76% -1.9%
35th Singapore 14.00% -1.2%
36th Hong Kong SAR, China 14.01% -0.7%
37th Guinea 14.15% 0.9%
38th Côte d'Ivoire 14.33% 2.4%
39th French Polynesia 14.33% -0.3%
40th Cameroon 14.61% 0.2%
41st Puerto Rico (US) 14.72% -1.5%
42nd Bahamas, The 14.79% -0.3%
43rd Comoros 14.80% 0.1%
44th Mauritania 15.04% 0.8%
45th Israel 15.15% -0.8%
46th Belize 15.35% -0.4%
47th Azerbaijan 15.54% 0.7%
48th Botswana 15.77% 0.1%
49th Bhutan 15.88% 2.3%
50th United Kingdom 15.91% -1.3%
51st Samoa 15.94% 3.5%
52nd Jordan 16.13% -0.9%
53rd Barbados 16.17% -0.1%
54th St. Lucia 16.21% -0.1%
55th Cyprus 16.27% -0.5%
56th Greece 16.32% -0.2%
57th Namibia 16.55% 0.5%
58th Virgin Islands (US) 16.55% -1.5%
59th Georgia 16.57% 1.3%
60th Ecuador 16.59% -0.3%
61st Burkina Faso 16.67% 0.3%
62nd Peru 16.79% 0.0%
63rd Sweden 16.82% -1.2%
64th Nicaragua 16.88% -0.2%
65th Cuba 16.91% -0.3%
66th Maldives 16.93% 0.0%
67th Panama 17.01% -0.1%
68th Nigeria 17.01% 1.0%
69th Jamaica 17.13% 0.0%
70th Tajikistan 17.66% 2.2%
71st Malta 17.74% -1.1%
72nd Somalia, Fed. Rep. 17.75% 0.1%
73rd Norway 17.84% -1.2%
74th Bangladesh 18.03% 0.8%
75th Myanmar 18.16% 0.2%
76th Togo 18.16% 0.3%
77th Ireland 18.21% -1.3%
78th Montenegro 18.23% -0.3%
79th Iceland 18.24% -0.9%
80th Ghana 18.26% 2.1%
81st Benin 18.32% 0.2%
82nd Rwanda 18.41% 1.6%
83rd Costa Rica 18.48% -0.7%
84th Libya 18.63% 3.0%
85th Canada 18.75% -1.0%
86th Uruguay 18.78% 0.0%
87th Gambia, The 18.80% 0.6%
88th Denmark 18.80% -1.0%
89th Gabon 18.85% 0.5%
90th Afghanistan 18.90% -0.8%
91st United States 18.91% -0.7%
92nd Paraguay 18.95% 0.2%
93rd Dominican Republic 18.97% -0.5%
94th Belgium 19.25% -1.4%
95th Guam 19.26% -0.5%
96th Australia 19.29% -0.3%
97th France 19.34% -1.0%
98th Congo, Republic of 19.48% -0.2%
99th Switzerland 19.59% -1.3%
100th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 19.79% -0.8%
101st Spain 19.85% -1.2%
102nd Kazakhstan 19.89% 0.2%
103rd New Zealand 19.94% -0.6%
104th Philippines 19.96% 2.4%
105th Colombia 20.00% -0.1%
106th Brazil 20.21% -0.4%
107th Brunei Darussalam 20.39% -0.3%
108th Mauritius 20.62% -1.7%
109th New Caledonia 20.65% -2.1%
110th South Africa 20.76% -0.2%
111th Finland 20.84% -0.6%
112th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 21.13% 0.3%
113th Argentina 21.18% 0.3%
114th Armenia 21.30% 1.9%
115th Chile 21.50% -0.8%
116th Honduras 21.64% -0.7%
117th Latvia 21.84% -0.6%
118th Albania 21.98% 0.9%
119th Thailand 22.24% -0.1%
120th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 22.41% -0.5%
121st Senegal 22.50% 1.1%
122nd São Tomé and Principe 22.52% 0.2%
123rd Indonesia 22.53% 1.1%
124th Guatemala 22.71% 0.8%
125th Cabo Verde 23.07% 0.8%
126th Saudi Arabia 23.07% 0.0%
127th Mongolia 23.09% 0.7%
128th El Salvador 23.14% -0.6%
129th Japan 23.23% -0.5%
130th Tonga 23.34% 0.2%
131st Korea 23.38% -1.2%
132nd Morocco 23.83% 0.8%
133rd European Union 23.91% -1.1%
134th Trinidad and Tobago 24.18% -0.1%
135th Mexico 24.52% -0.7%
136th Portugal 24.55% -0.9%
137th Uzbekistan 24.61% 0.9%
138th Kuwait 24.61% -0.4%
139th Austria 24.65% -0.7%
140th Syrian Arab Republic 25.20% -0.9%
141st Pakistan 25.26% 0.3%
142nd India 25.82% 1.8%
143rd Russian Federation 25.83% -0.5%
144th Lithuania 25.90% -0.3%
145th Malaysia 25.96% -0.2%
146th Germany 25.97% -1.2%
147th Estonia 26.00% -1.7%
148th Suriname 26.10% -0.1%
149th Sri Lanka 26.30% 0.9%
150th Croatia 26.36% -1.1%
151st Italy 26.43% -1.0%
152nd Iraq 26.54% -0.9%
153rd Eswatini 26.73% 2.5%
154th Kyrgyz Republic 26.82% 1.3%
155th Serbia 27.07% -0.1%
156th Türkiye 27.29% -0.3%
157th Bulgaria 27.88% -0.9%
158th Turkmenistan 28.57% -0.4%
159th Cambodia 28.87% 1.5%
160th Egypt, Arab Republic of 29.36% 0.5%
161st Poland 30.03% -0.6%
162nd Hungary 30.53% -0.9%
163rd United Arab Emirates 30.59% 0.1%
164th Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.60% -0.1%
165th North Macedonia 30.63% -0.1%
166th Belarus 31.06% 0.1%
167th Guyana 31.09% 2.1%
168th Nepal 31.28% 0.8%
169th China 31.79% 0.5%
170th Slovenia 31.97% -0.3%
171st Algeria 32.26% 0.4%
172nd Romania 32.57% -0.3%
173rd Lesotho 33.04% -0.2%
174th Tunisia 33.28% 0.1%
175th Slovak Republic 34.53% -1.2%
176th Iran, Islamic Republic of 34.70% -0.7%
177th Viet Nam 34.83% 1.5%
178th Czechia 34.89% -1.2%
179th Bahrain 34.91% -0.4%
180th Qatar 38.02% -0.5%
181st Oman 39.44% -0.2%