| Field Listing :: Labor force - by occupation |
| This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by sector of occupation. Agriculture includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all other economic activities that do not produce material goods. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete and may range from 99-101 percent due to rounding. | |
Country |
Labor force - by occupation(%) |
|---|
| Afghanistan |
agriculture: 78.6%
industry: 5.7% services: 15.7% (FY08/09 est.) |
| Albania |
agriculture: 47.8%
industry: 23% services: 29.2% (September 2010 est.) |
| Algeria |
agriculture: 14%
industry: 13.4% construction and public works: 10% trade: 14.6% government: 32% other: 16% (2003 est.) |
| American Samoa |
agriculture: 34%
industry: 33% services: 33% (1990) |
| Andorra |
agriculture: 0.4%
industry: 4.7% services: 94.9% (2010) |
| Angola |
agriculture: 85%
industry and services: 15% (2003 est.) |
| Anguilla |
agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining: 4%
manufacturing: 3% construction: 18% transportation and utilities: 10% commerce: 36% services: 29% (2000 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
agriculture: 7%
industry: 11% services: 82% (1983) |
| Argentina |
agriculture: 5%
industry: 23% services: 72% (2009 est.) |
| Armenia |
agriculture: 46.2%
industry: 15.6% services: 38.2% (2006 est.) |
| Aruba |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% note: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants |
| Australia |
agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 21.1% services: 75% (2009 est.) |
| Austria |
agriculture: 5.5%
industry: 27.5% services: 67% (2009 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
agriculture: 38.3%
industry: 12.1% services: 49.6% (2008) |
| Bahamas, The |
agriculture: 5%
industry: 5% tourism: 50% other services: 40% (2005 est.) |
| Bahrain |
agriculture: 1%
industry: 79% services: 20% (1997 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
agriculture: 45%
industry: 30% services: 25% (2008) |
| Barbados |
agriculture: 10%
industry: 15% services: 75% (1996 est.) |
| Belarus |
agriculture: 14%
industry: 34.7% services: 51.3% (2003 est.) |
| Belgium |
agriculture: 2%
industry: 25% services: 73% (2007 est.) |
| Belize |
agriculture: 10.2%
industry: 18.1% services: 71.7% (2007) |
| Bermuda |
agriculture and fishing: 3%
laborers: 17% clerical: 19% professional and technical: 21% administrative and managerial: 15% sales: 7% services: 19% (2004 est.) |
| Bhutan |
agriculture: 43.7%
industry: 39.1% services: 17.2% (2004 est.) |
| Bolivia |
agriculture: 40%
industry: 17% services: 43% (2006 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
agriculture: 20.5%
industry: 32.6% services: 47% (2008) |
| Botswana |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Brazil |
agriculture: 20%
industry: 14% services: 66% (2003 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
agriculture: 0.6%
industry: 40% services: 59.4% (2005) |
| Brunei |
agriculture: 4.2%
industry: 62.8% services: 33% (2008 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
agriculture: 7.1%
industry: 35.2% services: 57.7% (2009) |
| Burkina Faso |
agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2000 est.) |
| Burma |
agriculture: 70%
industry: 7% services: 23% (2001) |
| Burundi |
agriculture: 93.6%
industry: 2.3% services: 4.1% (2002 est.) |
| Cambodia |
agriculture: 57.6%
industry: 15.9% services: 26.5% (2009 est.) |
| Cameroon |
agriculture: 70%
industry: 13% services: 17% (2001 est.) |
| Canada |
agriculture: 2%
manufacturing: 13% construction: 6% services: 76% other: 3% (2006 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
agriculture: 1.9%
industry: 19.1% services: 79% (2008 est.) |
| Chad |
agriculture: 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
industry and services: 20% (2006 est.) |
| Chile |
agriculture: 13.2%
industry: 23% services: 63.9% (2005) |
| China |
agriculture: 38.1%
industry: 27.8% services: 34.1% (2008 est.) |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others |
| Colombia |
agriculture: 18%
industry: 13% services: 68% (2010 est.) |
| Comoros |
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (1996 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Cook Islands |
agriculture: 29%
industry: 15% services: 56% (1995) |
| Costa Rica |
agriculture: 14%
industry: 22% services: 64% (2006 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
agriculture: 68%
industry and services: NA (2007 est.) |
| Croatia |
agriculture: 5%
industry: 31.3% services: 63.6% (2008) |
| Cuba |
agriculture: 20%
industry: 19.4% services: 60.6% (2005) |
| Curacao |
agriculture: 1.2%
industry: 16.9% services: 81.8% (2008 est.) |
| Cyprus |
agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 20.5% services: 71% (2006 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
agriculture: 3.1%
industry: 38.6% services: 58.3% (2009) |
| Denmark |
agriculture: 2.5%
industry: 20.2% services: 77.3% (2005 est.) |
| Djibouti |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Dominica |
agriculture: 40%
industry: 32% services: 28% (2000 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
agriculture: 14.6%
industry: 22.3% services: 63.1% (2005) |
| Ecuador |
agriculture: 8.3%
industry: 21.2% services: 70.4% (2005) |
| Egypt |
agriculture: 32%
industry: 17% services: 51% (2001 est.) |
| El Salvador |
agriculture: 19%
industry: 23% services: 58% (2006 est.) |
| Eritrea |
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2004 est.) |
| Estonia |
agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 22.7% services: 74.5% (2008) |
| Ethiopia |
agriculture: 85%
industry: 5% services: 10% (2009 est.) |
| European Union |
agriculture: 5.6%
industry: 27.7% services: 66.7% (2007 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
agriculture: 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)
industry and services: 5% (1996) |
| Faroe Islands |
agriculture: 10.2%
industry: 20.5% services: 69.2% (2008) |
| Fiji |
agriculture: 70%
industry and services: 30% (2001 est.) |
| Finland |
agriculture and forestry: 4.9%
industry: 16.7% construction: 7.1% commerce: 19.4% finance, insurance, and business services: 12.8% transport and communications: 6.3% public services: 32.8% (2009) |
| France |
agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 24.3% services: 71.8% (2005) |
| French Polynesia |
agriculture: 13%
industry: 19% services: 68% (2002) |
| Gabon |
agriculture: 60%
industry: 15% services: 25% (2000 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
agriculture: 75%
industry: 19% services: 6% (1996) |
| Gaza Strip |
agriculture: 12%
industry: 5% services: 83% (June 2008) |
| Georgia |
agriculture: 55.6%
industry: 8.9% services: 35.5% (2006 est.) |
| Germany |
agriculture: 2.4%
industry: 29.7% services: 67.8% (2005) |
| Ghana |
agriculture: 56%
industry: 15% services: 29% (2005 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
agriculture: negligible
industry: 40% services: 60% (2001) |
| Greece |
agriculture: 12.4%
industry: 22.4% services: 65.1% (2005 est.) |
| Greenland |
agriculture: 4.9%
industry: 31.9% services: 63.2% (2007 est.) |
| Grenada |
agriculture: 24%
industry: 14% services: 62% (1999 est.) |
| Guam |
agriculture: 26%
industry: 10% services: 64% (2004 est.) |
| Guatemala |
agriculture: 50%
industry: 15% services: 35% (1999 est.) |
| Guinea |
agriculture: 76%
industry and services: 24% (2006 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
agriculture: 82%
industry and services: 18% (2000 est.) |
| Guyana |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Haiti |
agriculture: 38.1%
industry: 11.5% services: 50.4% (2010) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | note: essentially services with a small amount of industry; nearly all dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and the approximately 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican |
| Honduras |
agriculture: 39.2%
industry: 20.9% services: 39.8% (2005 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
manufacturing: 4.7%
construction: 2.2% wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels: 41.7% financing, insurance, and real estate: 12% transport and communications: 6.3% community and social services: 17% note: above data exclude public sector (2010 est.) |
| Hungary |
agriculture: 4.7%
industry: 30.9% services: 64.4% (2010) |
| Iceland |
agriculture: 4.8%
industry: 22.2% services: 73% (2008) |
| India |
agriculture: 52%
industry: 14% services: 34% (2009 est.) |
| Indonesia |
agriculture: 38.3%
industry: 12.8% services: 48.9% (2010 est.) |
| Iran |
agriculture: 25%
industry: 31% services: 45% (June 2007) |
| Iraq |
agriculture: 21.6%
industry: 18.7% services: 59.8% (2008 est.) |
| Ireland |
agriculture: 5%
industry: 20% services: 76% (2010 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
agriculture, forestry, and fishing: 3%
manufacturing: 11% construction: 10% transport and communication: 8% wholesale and retail distribution: 11% professional and scientific services: 18% public administration: 6% banking and finance: 18% tourism: 2% entertainment and catering: 3% miscellaneous services: 10% (2001) |
| Israel |
agriculture: 2%
industry: 16% services: 82% (September 2008) |
| Italy |
agriculture: 4.2%
industry: 30.7% services: 65.1% (2005) |
| Jamaica |
agriculture: 17%
industry: 19% services: 64% (2006) |
| Japan |
agriculture: 3.9%
industry: 26.2% services: 69.8% (2010 est.) |
| Jordan |
agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 20% services: 77.4% (2007 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
agriculture: 28.2%
industry: 18.2% services: 53.6% (2010) |
| Kenya |
agriculture: 75%
industry and services: 25% (2007 est.) |
| Kiribati |
agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 32% services: 65.3% (2000) |
| Korea, North |
agriculture: 35%
industry and services: 65% (2008 est.) |
| Korea, South |
agriculture: 7.3%
industry: 24.3% services: 68.4% (2010 est.) |
| Kosovo |
agriculture: 23.6%
industry: NA services: NA (2010) |
| Kuwait |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
agriculture: 48%
industry: 12.5% services: 39.5% (2005 est.) |
| Laos |
agriculture: 75.1%
industry and services: NA (2010 est.) |
| Latvia |
agriculture: 12.1%
industry: 25.8% services: 61.8% (2005 est.) |
| Lebanon |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Lesotho |
agriculture: 86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa
industry and services: 14% (2002 est.) |
| Liberia |
agriculture: 70%
industry: 8% services: 22% (2000 est.) |
| Libya |
agriculture: 17%
industry: 23% services: 59% (2004 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
agriculture: 1.5%
industry: 43.5% services: 55% (December 2006) |
| Lithuania |
agriculture: 14%
industry: 29.1% services: 56.9% (2005) |
| Luxembourg |
agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 17.2% services: 80.6% (2007 est.) |
| Macau |
manufacturing: 4.3%
construction: 8.7% transport and communications: 5.5% wholesale and retail trade: 13.3% restaurants and hotels: 12.7% gambling: 13.3% public sector: 6.7% financial services: 2.4% other services and agriculture: 33.2% (2010) |
| Macedonia |
agriculture: 19.9%
industry: 22.1% services: 58% (September 2010) |
| Malawi |
agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2003 est.) |
| Malaysia |
agriculture: 13%
industry: 36% services: 51% (2005 est.) |
| Maldives |
agriculture: 11%
industry: 23% services: 65% (2006 est.) |
| Mali |
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2005 est.) |
| Malta |
agriculture: 1.3%
industry: 24.8% services: 73.9% (2010) |
| Marshall Islands |
agriculture: 21.4%
industry: 20.9% services: 57.7% (2000) |
| Mauritania |
agriculture: 50%
industry: 10% services: 40% (2001 est.) |
| Mauritius |
agriculture and fishing: 9%
construction and industry: 30% transportation and communication: 7% trade, restaurants, hotels: 22% finance: 6% other services: 25% (2007) |
| Mexico |
agriculture: 13.7%
industry: 23.4% services: 62.9% (2005) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
agriculture: 0.9%
industry: 34.4% services: 64.7% note: two-thirds of the labor force are government employees (FY05 est.) |
| Moldova |
agriculture: 40.6%
industry: 16% services: 43.3% (2005) |
| Mongolia |
agriculture: 34%
industry: 5% services: 61% (2008) |
| Montenegro |
agriculture: 2%
industry: 30% services: 68% (2004 est.) |
| Morocco |
agriculture: 44.6%
industry: 19.8% services: 35.5% (2006 est.) |
| Mozambique |
agriculture: 81%
industry: 6% services: 13% (1997 est.) |
| Namibia |
agriculture: 16.3%
industry: 22.4% services: 61.3% note: statistics are for the formal sector only; about half of Namibia's people are unemployed while about two-thirds live in rural areas; roughly two-thirds of rural dwellers rely on subsistence agriculture (2008 est.) |
| Nauru | note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation (1992) |
| Nepal |
agriculture: 75%
industry: 7% services: 18% (2010 est.) |
| Netherlands |
agriculture: 2%
industry: 18% services: 80% (2005 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
agriculture: 20%
industry: 20% services: 60% (2002) |
| New Zealand |
agriculture: 7%
industry: 19% services: 74% (2006 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
agriculture: 28%
industry: 19% services: 53% (2010 est.) |
| Niger |
agriculture: 90%
industry: 6% services: 4% (1995) |
| Nigeria |
agriculture: 70%
industry: 10% services: 20% (1999 est.) |
| Niue | note: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board |
| Norfolk Island |
agriculture: 10%
industry and services: 90% (2000 est.) |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Norway |
agriculture: 2.9%
industry: 21.1% services: 76% (2008) |
| Oman |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Pakistan |
agriculture: 43%
industry: 20.3% services: 36.6% (2005 est.) |
| Palau |
agriculture: 20%
industry: NA% services: NA% (1990) |
| Panama |
agriculture: 17.6%
industry: 8.8% services: 73.6% (2009 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
agriculture: 85%
industry: NA% services: NA% (2005 est.) |
| Paraguay |
agriculture: 26.5%
industry: 18.5% services: 55% (2008) |
| Peru |
agriculture: 0.7%
industry: 23.8% services: 75.5% (2005) |
| Philippines |
agriculture: 33%
industry: 15% services: 52% (2010 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing |
| Poland |
agriculture: 17.4%
industry: 29.2% services: 53.4% (2005) |
| Portugal |
agriculture: 11.7%
industry: 28.5% services: 59.8% (2009 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
agriculture: 2.1%
industry: 19% services: 79% (2005) |
| Romania |
agriculture: 29.7%
industry: 23.2% services: 47.1% (2006) |
| Russia |
agriculture: 10%
industry: 31.9% services: 58.1% (2008) |
| Rwanda |
agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2000) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
agriculture: 6%
industry: 48% services: 46% (1987 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
agriculture: 21.7%
industry: 24.7% services: 53.6% (2002 est.) |
| Saint Martin | 85% directly or indirectly employed in tourist industry |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
agriculture: 18%
industry: 41% services: 41% (1996 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
agriculture: 26%
industry: 17% services: 57% (1980 est.) |
| Samoa |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| San Marino |
agriculture: 0.2%
industry: 36.3% services: 63.5% (June 2010 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | note: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers |
| Saudi Arabia |
agriculture: 6.7%
industry: 21.4% services: 71.9% (2005 est.) |
| Senegal |
agriculture: 77.5%
industry and services: 22.5% (2007 est.) |
| Serbia |
agriculture: 23.9%
industry: 20.5% services: 55.6% (October 2009) |
| Seychelles |
agriculture: 3%
industry: 23% services: 74% (2006) |
| Sierra Leone |
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Singapore |
agriculture: 0.1%
industry: 30.2% services: 69.7% (2010) |
| Sint Maarten |
agriculture: 1.1%
industry: 15.2% services: 83.7% (2008 est.) |
| Slovakia |
agriculture: 3.5%
industry: 27% services: 69.4% (December 2009) |
| Slovenia |
agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 35% services: 62.8% (2009) |
| Solomon Islands |
agriculture: 75%
industry: 5% services: 20% (2000 est.) |
| Somalia |
agriculture: 71%
industry and services: 29% (1975) |
| South Africa |
agriculture: 9%
industry: 26% services: 65% (2007 est.) |
| Spain |
agriculture: 4.2%
industry: 24% services: 71.7% (2009 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
agriculture: 32.7%
industry: 26.3% services: 41% (December 2008 est.) |
| Sudan |
agriculture: 80%
industry: 7% services: 13% (1998 est.) |
| Suriname |
agriculture: 8%
industry: 14% services: 78% (2004) |
| Swaziland |
agriculture: 70%
industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Sweden |
agriculture: 1.1%
industry: 28.2% services: 70.7% (2008 est.) |
| Switzerland |
agriculture: 3.4%
industry: 23.4% services: 73.2% (2010) |
| Syria |
agriculture: 17%
industry: 16% services: 67% (2008 est.) |
| Taiwan |
agriculture: 5.2%
industry: 35.9% services: 58.8% (2010 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
agriculture: 49.8%
industry: 12.8% services: 37.4% (2009 est.) |
| Tanzania |
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2002 est.) |
| Thailand |
agriculture: 42.4%
industry: 19.7% services: 37.9% (2008 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
agriculture: 90%
industry: NA% services: NA% (2006 est.) |
| Togo |
agriculture: 65%
industry: 5% services: 30% (1998 est.) |
| Tonga |
agriculture: 31.8%
industry: 30.6% services: 2,003% (2003 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
agriculture: 3.8%
manufacturing, mining, and quarrying: 12.8% construction and utilities: 20.4% services: 62.9% (2007 est.) |
| Tunisia |
agriculture: 18.3%
industry: 31.9% services: 49.8% (2009 est.) |
| Turkey |
agriculture: 29.5%
industry: 24.7% services: 45.8% (2005) |
| Turkmenistan |
agriculture: 48.2%
industry: 14% services: 37.8% (2004 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | note: about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services |
| Tuvalu | note: people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors) |
| Uganda |
agriculture: 82%
industry: 5% services: 13% (1999 est.) |
| Ukraine |
agriculture: 15.8%
industry: 18.5% services: 65.7% (2008) |
| United Arab Emirates |
agriculture: 7%
industry: 15% services: 78% (2000 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 18.2% services: 80.4% (2006 est.) |
| United States |
farming, forestry, and fishing: 0.7%
manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: 20.3% managerial, professional, and technical: 37.3% sales and office: 24.2% other services: 17.6% note: figures exclude the unemployed (2009) |
| Uruguay |
agriculture: 13%
industry: 14% services: 73% (2010 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
agriculture: 44%
industry: 20% services: 36% (1995) |
| Vanuatu |
agriculture: 65%
industry: 5% services: 30% (2000 est.) |
| Venezuela |
agriculture: 13%
industry: 23% services: 64% (1997 est.) |
| Vietnam |
agriculture: 53.9%
industry: 20.3% services: 25.8% (2009) |
| Virgin Islands |
agriculture: 1%
industry: 19% services: 80% (2003 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna |
agriculture: 80%
industry: 4% services: 16% (2001 est.) |
| West Bank |
agriculture: 12%
industry: 23% services: 65% (June 2008) |
| Western Sahara |
agriculture: 50%
industry and services: 50% (2005 est.) |
| World |
agriculture: 36.7%
industry: 21.5% services: 41.7% (2006) |
| Yemen | note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force |
| Zambia |
agriculture: 85%
industry: 6% services: 9% (2004) |
| Zimbabwe |
agriculture: 66%
industry: 10% services: 24% (1996) |