| Field Listing :: Labor force - by occupation |
| 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 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: 36.6%
industry: 21.5% services: 41.9% (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) |