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Field Listing :: Labor force - by occupation

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This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.

Country	Labor force - by occupation(%)


Afghanistan	agriculture: 78.6% industry: 5.7% services: 15.7% (FY08/09 est.)


Albania	agriculture: 58% industry: 15% services: 27% (September 2006 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: 0.5% industry: 18.5% services: 81% (2008)


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; oil refining


Australia	agriculture: 3.6% industry: 21.1% services: 75% (2009 est.)


Austria	agriculture: 5.5% industry: 27.5% services: 67% (2005 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 est.)


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: 63% industry: 6% services: 31% (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: 7.5% industry: 36.4% services: 56.1% (2008 est.)


Burkina Faso	agriculture: 90% industry and services: 10% (2000 est.)


Burma	agriculture: 70% industry: 7% services: 23% (2001 est.)


Burundi	agriculture: 93.6% industry: 2.3% services: 4.1% (2002 est.)


Cambodia	agriculture: 67.9% industry: NA% services: NA% (2009 est.)


Cameroon	agriculture: 70% industry: 13% services: 17% (2001 est.)


Canada	agriculture: 2% manufacturing: 13% construction: 6% services: 76% other: 3% (2006)


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: 39.5% industry: 27.2% services: 33.2% (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: 18.9% services: 63.1% (2009 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)


Cyprus	agriculture: 8.5% industry: 20.5% services: 71% (2006 est.)


Czech Republic	agriculture: 3.6% industry: 40.2% services: 56.2% (2007)


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 est.)


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: 4.5% industry: 18.2% construction: 7.3% commerce: 15.9% finance, insurance, and business services: 14.5% transport and communications: 6.9% public services: 32.7% (2008)


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: 66% industry: 9% services: 25% (1995)


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: 6.1% construction: 1.9% wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels: 42.9% financing, insurance, and real estate: 21.4% transport and communications: 7.9% community and social services: 19.7% note: above data exclude public sector (2008 est.)


Hungary	agriculture: 4.5% industry: 32.1% services: 63.4% (2008)


Iceland	agriculture: 4.8% industry: 22.2% services: 73% (2008)


India	agriculture: 52% industry: 14% services: 34% (2009 est.)


Indonesia	agriculture: 42.1% industry: 18.6% services: 39.3% (2006 est.)


Iran	agriculture: 25% industry: 31% services: 45% (June 2007)


Iraq	agriculture: 21.6% NA% industry: 18.7% NA% services: 59.8% NA%


Ireland	agriculture: 6% industry: 27% services: 67% (2006 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: 4% industry: 28% services: 68% (2009 est.)


Jordan	agriculture: 2.7% industry: 20% services: 77.4% (2007 est.)


Kazakhstan	agriculture: 31.5% industry: 18.4% services: 50% (2006)


Kenya	agriculture: 75% industry and services: 25% (2007 est.)


Kiribati	agriculture: 2.7% industry: 32% services: 65.3% (2000)


Korea, North	agriculture: 37% industry and services: 63% (2004 est.)


Korea, South	agriculture: 7.2% industry: 25.1% services: 67.7% (2007 est.)


Kosovo	agriculture: 16.5% industry: NA services: NA (2007 est.)


Kuwait	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%


Kyrgyzstan	agriculture: 48% industry: 12.5% services: 39.5% (2005 est.)


Laos	agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2009 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: 1.7% industry: 43.5% services: 55.4% (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: 4.9% construction: 9.3% transport and communications: 5.2% wholesale and retail trade: 12.6% restaurants and hotels: 13.6% gambling: 14.2% public sector: 6.6% financial services: 2.1% other services and agriculture: 31.5% (2009)


Macedonia	agriculture: 18.6% industry: 29.5% services: 51.9% (September 2009)


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: 1.6% industry: 22.8% services: 75.6% (2009 est.)


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 are government employees (FY05 est.)


Moldova	agriculture: 40.6% industry: 16% services: 43.3% (2005 est.)


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: 47% industry: 20% services: 33% (1999 est.)


Nauru	note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation (1992)


Nepal	agriculture: 76% industry: 6% services: 18% (2004 est.)


Netherlands	agriculture: 2% industry: 18% services: 80% (2005 est.)


Netherlands Antilles	agriculture: 1% industry: 20% services: 79% (2005 est.)


New Caledonia	agriculture: 20% industry: 20% services: 60% (2002)


New Zealand	agriculture: 7% industry: 19% services: 74% (2006 est.)


Nicaragua	agriculture: 29% industry: 19% services: 52% (2006 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%


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: 15% industry: 18% services: 67% (2006 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: 34% industry: 15% services: 51% (2009 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: 10% industry: 30% services: 60% (2007 est.)


Puerto Rico	agriculture: 2.1% industry: 19% services: 79% (2005 est.)


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: 0.1% industry: 37.7% services: 62.2% (2008 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% industry: 23.8% services: 76.2% (2008)


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: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%


Sweden	agriculture: 1.1% industry: 28.2% services: 70.7% (2008 est.)


Switzerland	agriculture: 3.8% industry: 23.9% services: 72.3% (2009)


Syria	agriculture: 17% industry: 16% services: 67% (2008 est.)


Taiwan	agriculture: 5.1% industry: 36.8% services: 58% (2008 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: 37.6% (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: 9% industry: 15% services: 76% (2007 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: 51.8% industry: 15.4% services: 32.7% (30 April 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: 37.5% industry: 22.1% services: 40.4% (2007 est.)


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)

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