Labor force - by occupation (%)

Definition Field Listing

Others A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Others

World: agriculture: 34.5%
industry: 22.7%
services: 42.8% (2009 est.)
European Union: agriculture: 5.2%
industry: 22.7%
services: 72.2% (2012 est.)
Taiwan: agriculture: 5%
industry: 36.2%
services: 58.8% (2012 est.)

A

Afghanistan: agriculture: 78.6%
industry: 5.7%
services: 15.7% (FY08/09 est.)
Albania: agriculture: 54.6%
industry: 12.8%
services: 32.6%
(December 2012 est)
Algeria: agriculture: 14%
industry: 13.4%
construction and public works: 10%
trade: 14.6%
government: 32%
other: 16% (2003 est.)
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: 44.2%
industry: 16.8%
services: 39% (2008 est.)
Aruba: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
note: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade, followed by hotels and restaurants
Australia: agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 21.1%
services: 75% (2009 est.)
Austria: agriculture: 5.5%
industry: 26%
services: 68.5% (2012 est.)
Azerbaijan: agriculture: 38.3%
industry: 12.1%
services: 49.6% (2008)

B

Bahamas, The: agriculture: 3%
industry: 11%
tourism: 49%
other services: 37% (2011 est.)
Bahrain: agriculture: 1%
industry: 79%
services: 20% (1997 est.)
Bangladesh: agriculture: 47%
industry: 13%
services: 40% (2010 est.)
Barbados: agriculture: 10%
industry: 15%
services: 75% (1996 est.)
Belarus: agriculture: 9.4%
industry: 45.9%
services: 44.7% (2005 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: 62%
industry: 19%
services: 19% (2012 est.)
Bolivia: agriculture: 32%
industry: 27.4%
services: 40.6% (2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: agriculture: 18.9%
industry: 29.8%
services: 51.3% (2013)
Botswana: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Brazil: agriculture: 15.7%
industry: 13.3%
services: 71%
(2011 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.)

C

Cambodia: agriculture: 55.8%
industry: 16.9%
services: 27.3% (2010 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%
industry and services: 20% (2006 est.)
Chile: agriculture: 13.2%
industry: 23%
services: 63.9% (2005)
China: agriculture: 33.6%
industry: 30.3%
services: 36.1%
(2012 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism is the other main source of employment
Colombia: agriculture: 17%
industry: 21%
services: 62% (2011 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: 2.1%
industry: 29%
services: 69% (2012)
Cuba: agriculture: 19.7%
industry: 17.1%
services: 63.2% (2011)
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: 2.6%
industry: 37.4%
services: 60% (2012)

D

Denmark: agriculture: 2.6%
industry: 20.3%
services: 77.1% (2011 est.)
Djibouti: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Dominica: agriculture: 40%
industry: 32%
services: 28% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic: agriculture: 14.6%
industry: 22.3%
services: 63.1% (2005)

E

Ecuador: agriculture: 27.8%
industry: 17.8%
services: 54.4% (2012)
Egypt: agriculture: 29%
industry: 24%
services: 47% (2011 est.)
El Salvador: agriculture: 21%
industry: 20%
services: 58% (2011 est.)
Eritrea: agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2004 est.)
Estonia: agriculture: 4.2%
industry: 20.2%
services: 75.6% (2010)
Ethiopia: agriculture: 85%
industry: 5%
services: 10% (2009 est.)

F

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): agriculture: 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)
industry and services: 5% (1996)
Faroe Islands: agriculture: 10.7%
industry: 18.9%
services: 70.3% (November 2010)
Fiji: agriculture: 70%
industry and services: 30% (2001 est.)
Finland: agriculture and forestry: 4.4%
industry: 15.5%
construction: 7.1%
commerce: 21.3%
finance, insurance, and business services: 13.3%
transport and communications: 9.9%
public services: 28.5% (2011)
France: agriculture: 2.9%
industry: 20.6%
services: 76.4% (2012 est.)
French Polynesia: agriculture: 13%
industry: 19%
services: 68% (2002)

G

Gabon: agriculture: 60%
industry: 15%
services: 25% (2000 est.)
Gambia, The: agriculture: 75%
industry: 19%
services: 6% (1996)
Gaza Strip: agriculture: 5.1%
industry: 15.6%
services: 79.3% (2010 est.)
Georgia: agriculture: 55.6%
industry: 8.9%
services: 35.5% (2006 est.)
Germany: agriculture: 1.6%
industry: 24.6%
services: 73.8%
(2011)
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%
industry: 29%
services: 67% (2009 est.)
Grenada: agriculture: 11%
industry: 20%
services: 69% (2008 est.)
Guam: agriculture: 0.3%
industry: (2004 est.)
services: NA% (2004 est.)
Guatemala: agriculture: 38%
industry: 14%
services: 48% (2011 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%

H

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: 3.8%
construction: 2.8%
wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels: 53.3%
financing, insurance, and real estate: 12.5%
transport and communications: 10.1%
community and social services: 17.1%
note: above data exclude public sector (2013 est.)
Hungary: agriculture: 7.1%
industry: 29.7%
services: 63.2% (2011)

I

Iceland: agriculture: 4.8%
industry: 22.2%
services: 73% (2008)
India: agriculture: 49%
industry: 20%
services: 31% (2012 est.)
Indonesia: agriculture: 38.9%
industry: 13.2%
services: 47.9% (2012 est.)
Iran: agriculture: 16.9%
industry: 34.4%
services: 48.7% (2012 est.)
Iraq: agriculture: 21.6%
industry: 18.7%
services: 59.8% (2008 est.)
Ireland: agriculture: 5%
industry: 19%
services: 76% (2011 est.)
Isle of Man: agriculture, forestry, and fishing: 2%
manufacturing: 5%
construction: 8%
gas, electricity, and water: 1%
transport and communication: 9%
wholesale and retail distribution: 11%
professional and scientific services: 20%
public administration: 7%
banking and finance: 23%
tourism: 1%
entertainment and catering: 5%
miscellaneous services: 8% (2006)
Israel: agriculture: 1.6%
industry: 18.1%
services: 80.3% (2012 est.)
Italy: agriculture: 3.9%
industry: 28.3%
services: 67.8% (2011)

J

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.)

K

Kazakhstan: agriculture: 25.8%
industry: 11.9%
services: 62.3% (2012)
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: 6.9%
industry: 23.6%
services: 69.4% (October 2013 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.)

L

Laos: agriculture: 73.1%
industry: 6.1%
services: 20.6% (2012 est.)
Latvia: agriculture: 8.8%
industry: 24%
services: 67.2% (2010 est.)
Lebanon: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Lesotho: agriculture: 86%
industry and services: 14%
note: most of the resident population is engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa (2002 est.)
Liberia: agriculture: 70%
industry: 8%
services: 22% (2000 est.)
Libya: agriculture: 17%
industry: 23%
services: 59% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein: agriculture: 0.8%
industry: 39.4%
services: 59.9% (2012)
Lithuania: agriculture: 7.9%
industry: 19.6%
services: 72.5% (2012 est.)
Luxembourg: agriculture: 1.2%
industry: 19.4%
services: 79.4% (2012 est.)

M

Macau: manufacturing: 2.5%
construction: 9.8%
transport and communications: 4.4%
wholesale and retail trade: 12.4%
restaurants and hotels: 15%
gambling: 25.9%
public sector: 7.1%
financial services: 2.6%
other services: 20.3% (2013)
Macedonia: agriculture: 18.8%
industry: 27.5%
services: 53.7% (31 September 2013)
Malawi: agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2003 est.)
Malaysia: agriculture: 11.1%
industry: 36%
services: 53.5% (2012 est.)
Maldives: agriculture: 15%
industry: 15%
services: 70% (2010 est.)
Mali: agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
Malta: agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 22.2%
services: 76.4% (2013)
Marshall Islands: agriculture: 11%
industry: 16.3%
services: 72.7% (2011 est.)
Mauritania: agriculture: 50%
industry: 2%
services: 48% (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: 13.4%
industry: 24.1%
services: 61.9% (2011)
Micronesia, Federated States of: agriculture: 0.9%
industry: 20.6%
services: 78.5%
note: two-thirds of the labor force are government employees (2011 est.)
Moldova: agriculture: 26.4%
industry: 13.2%
services: 60.4% (2012 est.)
Monaco: agriculture: 0%
industry: 16.1%
services: 83.9% (2012 est.)
Mongolia: agriculture: 33%
industry: 10.6%
services: 56.4% (2011)
Montenegro: agriculture: 6.3%
industry: 20.9%
services: 72.8% (2011 est.)
Morocco: agriculture: 44.6%
industry: 19.8%
services: 35.5% (2006 est.)
Mozambique: agriculture: 81%
industry: 6%
services: 13% (1997 est.)

N

Namibia: agriculture: 16.3%
industry: 22.4%
services: 61.3%
note: 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: most of the labor force is employed in phosphate mining, public administration, education, and transportation
Nepal: agriculture: 75%
industry: 7%
services: 18% (2010 est.)
Netherlands: agriculture: 2.3%
industry: 18.8%
services: 78.9% (2011 est.)
New Caledonia: agriculture: 20%
industry: 20%
services: 60% (2002)
New Zealand: agriculture: 7%
industry: 19%
services: 74% (2006 est.)
Nicaragua: agriculture: 31%
industry: 18%
services: 50% (2011 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: 6%
industry: 14%
services: 80% (2006 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands: agriculture: 1.9%
industry: 10%
services: 88.1% (2010 est.)
Norway: agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 20.2%
services: 77.6% (2012)

O

Oman: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

P

Pakistan: agriculture: 45.1%
industry: 20.7%
services: 34.2% (2010 est.)
Palau: agriculture: 20%
industry: NA%
services: NA% (1990)
Panama: agriculture: 17%
industry: 18.6%
services: 64.4% (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: 25.8%
industry: 17.4%
services: 56.8% (2011)
Philippines: agriculture: 32%
industry: 15%
services: 53% (2012 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
Poland: agriculture: 12.9%
industry: 30.2%
services: 57% (2010)
Portugal: agriculture: 11.7%
industry: 28.5%
services: 59.8% (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico: agriculture: 2.1%
industry: 19%
services: 79% (2005)

Q

R

Romania: agriculture: 29%
industry: 28.6%
services: 42.4% (2012)
Russia: agriculture: 9.7%
industry: 27.8%
services: 62.5% (2012)
Rwanda: agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2000)

S

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)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: agriculture: 26%
industry: 17%
services: 57% (1980 est.)
Samoa: agriculture: 65%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
San Marino: agriculture: 0.2%
industry: 33.5%
services: 66.3% (September 2013 es)
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: 16.5%
services: 59.6% (2013 est.)
Seychelles: agriculture: 3%
industry: 23%
services: 74% (2006)
Sierra Leone: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Singapore: agriculture: 1.3%
industry: 18.6%
services: 80.1%
note: excludes non-residents (2013)
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: 31.8%
industry: 25.8%
services: 42.4% (June 2012)
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.)

T

Tajikistan: agriculture: 46.5%
industry: 10.7%
services: 42.8% (2013 est.)
Tanzania: agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2002 est.)
Thailand: agriculture: 38.2%
industry: 13.6%
services: 48.2% (2011 est.)
Timor-Leste: agriculture: 64%
industry: 10%
services: 26% (2010)
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: 25.5%
industry: 26.2%
services: 48.4% (2010)
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 through overseas remittances (mostly from workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)

U

Uganda: agriculture: 82%
industry: 5%
services: 13% (1999 est.)
Ukraine: agriculture: 5.6%
industry: 26%
services: 68.4%
(2012)
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: 25.9%
industry: 13.2%
services: 60.9% (2012 est.)

V

Vanuatu: agriculture: 65%
industry: 5%
services: 30% (2000 est.)
Venezuela: agriculture: 7.3%
industry: 21.8%
services: 70.9% (4th quarter, 2011)
Vietnam: agriculture: 48%
industry: 21%
services: 31% (2012)
Virgin Islands: agriculture: 1%
industry: 19%
services: 80% (2003 est.)

W

Wallis and Futuna: agriculture: 80%
industry: 4%
services: 16% (2001 est.)
West Bank: agriculture: 16.1%
industry: 28.4%
services: 55.5%
note: includes Gaza Strip (2010 est.)
Western Sahara: agriculture: 50%
industry and services: 50% (2005 est.)

X

Y

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

Z

Zambia: agriculture: 85%
industry: 6%
services: 9% (2004)
Zimbabwe: agriculture: 66%
industry: 10%
services: 24% (1996)