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Labor force - by occupation
This entry contains a rank ordering of component parts of the labor force by occupation.
Source: CIA-World Factbook
 
Country

 Labor force - by occupation

Afghanistan

agriculture: 80%; industry: 10%; services: 10% (2004 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)
 

American Virgin Islands

agriculture: 1%; industry: 19%; services: 80% (2003 est.)
 

Andorra

agriculture: 0.3%; industry: 20.3%; services: 79.4% (2005)
 

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: NA%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

Armenia

agriculture: 45%; industry: 25%; services: 30% (2002 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: 21.2%; services: 75.2% (2004 est.)
 

Austria

agriculture: 3%; industry: 27%; services: 70% (2005 est.)
 

Azerbaijan

agriculture: 41%; industry: 7%; services: 52% (2001)
 

Bahamas, The

agriculture 5%, industry 5%, tourism 50%, other services 40% (2005 est.)
 

Bahrain

agriculture: 1%; industry: 79%; services: 20% (1997 est.)
 

Bangladesh

agriculture: 63%; industry: 11%; services: 26% (FY95/96)
 

Barbados

agriculture: 10%; industry: 15%; services: 75% (1996 est.)
 

Belarus

agriculture: 14%; industry: 34.7%; services: 51.3% (2003 est.)
 

Belgium

agriculture: 1.3%; industry: 24.5%; services: 74.2% (2003 est.)
 

Belize

agriculture: 22.5%; industry: 15.2%; services: 62.3% (2005 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: NA%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

agriculture: NA%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

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: 2.9%; industry: 61.1%; services: 36% (2003 est.)
 

Bulgaria

agriculture: 8.5%; industry: 33.6%; services: 57.9% (2nd qtr. 2006 est.)
 

Burkina Faso

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

Burma

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

Burma

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

Burundi

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

Cambodia

agriculture: 75%; industry: NA%; services: NA% (2004 est.)
 

Cameroon

agriculture: 70%; industry: 13%; services: 17%
 

Canada

agriculture 2%, manufacturing 14%, construction 5%, services 75%, other 3% (2004)
 

Cayman Islands

agriculture: 1.4%; industry: 12.6%; services: 86% (1995)
 

Cayman Islands

agriculture: 1.4%; industry: 12.6%; services: 86% (1995)
 

Chad

agriculture: 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing); industry and services: 20%
 

Chile

agriculture: 13.6%; industry: 23.4%; services: 63% (2003)
 

China

agriculture: 45%; industry: 24%; services: 31% (2005 est.)
 

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
 

Colombia

agriculture: 22.7%; industry: 18.7%; services: 58.5% (2000 est.)
 

Comoros

agriculture: 80%; industry and services: 20%
 

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

agriculture: NA%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

Cook Islands

agriculture: 29%; industry: 15%; services: 56% (1995)
 

Costa Rica

agriculture: 20%; industry: 22%; services: 58% (1999 est.)
 

Croatia

agriculture: 2.7%; industry: 32.8%; services: 64.5% (2004)
 

Cuba

agriculture: 20%; industry: 19.4%; services: 60.6% (2005)
 

Cuba

agriculture: 20%; industry: 19.4%; services: 60.6% (2005)
 

Cyprus

area under government control: agriculture 7.4%, industry 38.2%, services 54.4% (2004 est.) area administered by Turkish Cypriots: agriculture 14.5%, industry 29%, services 56.5% (2004 est.)
 

Cyprus

area under government control: agriculture 7.4%, industry 38.2%, services 54.4% (2004 est.) area administered by Turkish Cypriots: agriculture 14.5%, industry 29%, services 56.5% (2004 est.)
 

Czech Republic

agriculture: 4.1%; industry: 37.6%; services: 58.3% (2003)
 

Denmark

agriculture: 3%; industry: 21%; services: 76% (2004 est.)
 

Djibouti

agriculture: NA%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

Dominica

agriculture: 40%; industry: 32%; services: 28%
 

Dominican Republic

agriculture: 17%; industry: 24.3%; services: 58.7% (1998 est.)
 

Ecuador

agriculture: 8%; industry: 24%; services: 68% (2001)
 

Egypt

agriculture: 32%; industry: 17%; services: 51% (2001 est.)
 

El Salvador

agriculture: 17.1%; industry: 17.1%; services: 65.8% (2003 est.)
 

Eritrea

agriculture: 80%; industry and services: 20%
 

Estonia

agriculture: 11%; industry: 20%; services: 69% (1999 est.)
 

Ethiopia

agriculture: 80%; industry: 8%; services: 12% (1985)
 

European Union

agriculture: 4.3%; industry: 27.2%; services: 67.1% note: the remainder is in miscellaneous public and private sector industries and services (2002 est.)
 

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

agriculture: 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing); industry and services: 5%
 

Faroe Islands

agriculture: 33%; industry: 33%; services: 34%
 

Fiji

agriculture: 70%; industry and services: 30% (2001 est.)
 

Finland

agriculture and forestry 4.4%, industry 17.5%, construction 6%, commerce 22%, finance, insurance, and business services 12%, transport and communications 8%, public services 30.2%
 

France

agriculture: 4.1%; industry: 24.4%; services: 71.5% (1999)
 

French Polynesia

agriculture: 13%; industry: 19%; services: 68% (2002)
 

French Polynesia

agriculture: 13%; industry: 19%; services: 68% (2002)
 

Gabon

agriculture: 60%; industry: 15%; services: 25%
 

Gambia, The

agriculture: 75%; industry: 19%; services: 6%
 

Gaza Strip

agriculture: 12%; industry: 18%; services: 70% (2005)
 

Georgia

agriculture: 40%; industry: 20%; services: 40% (1999 est.)
 

Germany

agriculture: 2.8%; industry: 33.4%; services: 63.8% (1999)
 

Ghana

agriculture: 60%; industry: 15%; services: 25% (1999 est.)
 

Gibraltar

agriculture: negligible; industry: 40%; services: 60%
 

Greece

agriculture: 12%; industry: 20%; services: 68% (2004 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%
 

Holy See (Vatican City)

note: essentially services with a small amount of industry; dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican
 

Honduras

agriculture: 34%; industry: 23%; services: 43% (2003 est.)
 

Hong Kong

manufacturing 7.5%, construction 2.9%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.9%, financing, insurance, and real estate 19.6%, transport and communications 7.1%, community and social services 18.8% note: above data exclude public sector (2005 est.)
 

Hungary

agriculture: 5.5%; industry: 33.3%; services: 61.2% (2003)
 

Iceland

agriculture: 5.1%; industry: 23%; services: 71.4% (2005)
 

India

agriculture: 60%; industry: 12%; services: 28% (2003)
 

Indonesia

agriculture: 43.3%; industry: 18%; services: 38.7% (2004 est.)
 

Iran

agriculture: 30%; industry: 25%; services: 45% (2001 est.)
 

Iraq

agriculture: NA%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

Ireland

agriculture: 8%; industry: 29%; services: 64% (2002 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%, ent
 

Israel

agriculture, forestry, and fishing 1.8%, manufacturing 15.7%, construction 5.3%, wholesale and retail trade 12.9%, transport, storage, and communications 6.3%, finance and business 16.9%, personal and other services 11.5%, public services 28.6% (1996)
 

Italy

agriculture: 5%; industry: 32%; services: 63% (2001)
 

Jamaica

agriculture: 18.1%; industry: 17.3%; services: 64.6% (2004)
 

Japan

agriculture: 4.6%; industry: 27.8%; services: 67.7% (2004)
 

Jordan

agriculture: 5%; industry: 12.5%; services: 82.5% (2001 est.)
 

Kazakhstan

agriculture: 20%; industry: 30%; services: 50% (2002 est.)
 

Kenya

agriculture: 75%; industry and services: 25% (2003 est.)
 

Kiribati

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

Korea, North

agriculture: 36%; industry and services: 64%
 

Korea, South

agriculture: 6.4%; industry: 26.4%; services: 67.2% (2006 est.)
 

Kuwait

agriculture: NA%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

Kyrgyzstan

agriculture: 55%; industry: 15%; services: 30% (2000 est.)
 

Laos

agriculture: 80%; industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
 

Latvia

agriculture: 13%; industry: 19%; services: 68% (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%
 

Liberia

agriculture: 70%; industry: 8%; services: 22% (2000 est.)
 

Libya

agriculture: 17%; industry: 23%; services: 59% (2004 est.)
 

Liechtenstein

agriculture: 2%; industry: 47%; services: 51% (31 December 2001 est.)
 

Lithuania

agriculture: 15.8%; industry: 28.2%; services: 56% (2004)
 

Luxembourg

agriculture: 1%; industry: 13%; services: 86% (2004 est.)
 

Macau

manufacturing 13.7%, construction 10.5%, transport and communications 5.9%, wholesale and retail trade 14.6%, restaurants and hotels 10.3%, gambling 17.9%, public sector 7.8%, other services and agriculture 19.3% (2005 est.)
 

Macedonia

agriculture: 21.7%; industry: 32.6%; services: 45.7% (September 2006)
 

Malawi

agriculture: 90%; industry and services: 10% (2003 est.)
 

Malaysia

agriculture: 13%; industry: 36%; services: 51% (2005 est.)
 

Maldives

agriculture: 22%; industry: 18%; services: 60% (1995)
 

Mali

agriculture: 80%; industry and services: 20% (2001 est.)
 

Malta

agriculture: 3%; industry: 22%; services: 75% (2005 est.)
 

Malta

agriculture: 3%; industry: 22%; services: 75% (2005 est.)
 

Marshall Islands

agriculture: 21.4%; industry: 20.9%; services: 57.7%
 

Mauritania

agriculture: 50%; industry: 10%; services: 40% (2001 est.)
 

Mauritius

agriculture and fishing 14%, construction and industry 36%, transportation and communication 7%, trade, restaurants, hotels 16%, finance 3%, other services 24% (1995)
 

Mexico

agriculture: 18%; industry: 24%; services: 58% (2003)
 

Micronesia, Federated States of

agriculture 0.9%, industry 34.4%, services 64.7% note: two-thirds are government employees (FY05 est.)
 

Moldova

agriculture: 40.7%; industry: 12.1%; services: 47.2% (2005 est.)
 

Mongolia

agriculture: 39.9%; industry: 31.4%; services: 28.7% (2005)
 

Montenegro

agriculture: 2%; industry: 30%; services: 68% (2004 est.)
 

Morocco

agriculture: 40%; industry: 15%; services: 45% (2003 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: 19%; services: 79% (2004 est.)
 

Netherlands Antilles

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

New Caledonia

agriculture: 20%; industry: 20%; services: 60% (2002)
 

New Zealand

agriculture: 10%; industry: 25%; services: 65% (1995)
 

Nicaragua

agriculture: 29%; industry: 19%; services: 52% (2006 est.)
 

Niger

agriculture: 90%; industry: 6%; services: 4%
 

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: 4%; industry: 22%; services: 74% (1995)
 

Oman

agriculture: NA%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

Pakistan

agriculture: 42%; industry: 20%; services: 38% (2004 est.)
 

Palau

agriculture: 20%; industry: NA%; services: NA% (1990)
 

Panama

agriculture: 20.8%; industry: 18%; services: 61.2% (1995 est.)
 

Papua New Guinea

agriculture: 85%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

Paraguay

agriculture: 45%; industry: NA%; services: NA%
 

Peru

agriculture: 9%; industry: 18%; services: 73% (2001)
 

Philippines

agriculture: 36%; industry: 15%; services: 49% (2004 est.)
 

Pitcairn Islands

note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
 

Poland

agriculture: 16.1%; industry: 29%; services: 54.9% (2002)
 

Portugal

agriculture: 10%; industry: 30%; services: 60% (2001 est.)
 

Puerto Rico

agriculture: 3%; industry: 20%; services: 77% (2000 est.)
 

Romania

agriculture: 31.6%; industry: 30.7%; services: 37.7% (2004)
 

Russia

agriculture: 10.8%; industry: 29.1%; services: 60.1% (2005 est.)
 

Rwanda

agriculture: 90%; industry and services: 10%
 

Saint Helena

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: 40.1%; services: 59.7% (2006 est.)
 

Sao Tome and Principe

note: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers
 

Saudi Arabia

agriculture: 12%; industry: 25%; services: 63% (1999 est.)
 

Senegal

agriculture: 77%; industry and services: 23% (1990 est.)
 

Serbia