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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)
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: 1% industry: 23% services: 76% (2007 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: 21.2% 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: 2% industry: 25% services: 73% (2007 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: 40% industry: 17% services: 43% (2006 est.)
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)
Burundi | agriculture: 93.6% industry: 2.3% services: 4.1% (2002 est.)
Cambodia | agriculture: 75% industry: NA% services: NA%
Cameroon | agriculture: 70% industry: 13% services: 17% (2001 est.)
Canada | agriculture 2%, manufacturing 13%, construction 6%, services 76%, other 3% (2006)
Cayman Islands | agriculture: 1.4% industry: 12.6% services: 86% (1995)
Chad | agriculture: 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing) industry and services: 20% (2006 est.)
Chile | agriculture: 13.6% industry: 23.4% services: 63% (2003)
China | agriculture: 43% industry: 25% services: 32% (2006 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% (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: 2.7% industry: 32.8% services: 64.5% (2004)
Cuba | agriculture: 20% industry: 19.4% services: 60.6% (2005)
Cyprus | agriculture: 8.5% industry: 20.5% services: 71% (2006 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% (2000 est.)
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: 19% industry: 23% services: 58% (2006 est.)
Eritrea | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2004 est.)
Estonia | agriculture: 11% industry: 20% services: 69% (1999 est.)
Ethiopia | agriculture: 80% industry: 8% services: 12% (1985)
European Union | agriculture: 4.4% industry: 27.1% 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% (1996)
Faroe Islands | agriculture: 33% industry: 33% services: 34% (October 2000)
Fiji | agriculture: 70% industry and services: 30% (2001 est.)
Finland | agriculture and forestry 4.4%, industry 18.6%, construction 6%, commerce 16.3%, finance, insurance, and business services 13.9%, transport and communications 7.6%, public services 33.2% (2004)
France | agriculture: 4.1% industry: 24.4% services: 71.5% (1999)
French Polynesia | agriculture: 13% industry: 19% services: 68% (2002)
Gabon | agriculture: 60% industry: 15% services: 25%
Gambia, The | agriculture: 75% industry: 19% services: 6% (1996)
Gaza Strip | agriculture: 12% industry: 18% services: 70% (2005)
Georgia | agriculture: 55.6% industry: 8.9% services: 35.5% (2006 est.)
Germany | agriculture: 2.8% industry: 33.4% services: 63.8% (1999)
Ghana | agriculture: 56% industry: 15% services: 29% (2005 est.)
Gibraltar | agriculture: negligible industry: 40% services: 60% (2001)
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% (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: 34% industry: 23% services: 43% (2003 est.)
Hong Kong | manufacturing 6.5%, construction 2.1%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.3%, financing, insurance, and real estate 20.7%, transport and communications 7.8%, community and social services 19.5% note: above data exclude public sector (2007 est.)
Hungary | agriculture: 5.5% industry: 33.3% services: 61.2% (2003)
Iceland | agriculture: 5.1% industry: 23% services: 71.8% (2005)
India | agriculture: 60% industry: 12% services: 28% (2003)
Indonesia | agriculture: 43.3% industry: 18% services: 38.7% (2004 est.)
Iran | agriculture: 25% industry: 31% services: 45% (June 2007)
Iraq | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: 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 18.5%, industry 23.7%, services 50%, other 7.8% (2002)
Italy | agriculture: 5% industry: 32% services: 63% (2001)
Jamaica | agriculture: 17% industry: 19% services: 64% (2006)
Japan | agriculture: 4.6% industry: 27.8% services: 67.7% (2004)
Jordan | agriculture: 5% industry: 12.5% services: 82.5% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan | agriculture: 32.2% industry: 18% services: 49.8% (2005)
Kenya | agriculture: 75% industry and services: 25% (2003 est.)
Kiribati | agriculture: 2.7% industry: 32% services: 65.3% (2000)
Korea, North | agriculture: 37% industry and services: 63% (2004 est.)
Korea, South | agriculture: 7.5% industry: 17.3% services: 75.2% (2007)
Kosovo | agriculture: 21.4% industry: NA services: NA (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% (2002 est.)
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)
Lithuania | agriculture: 15.8% industry: 28.2% services: 56% (2004)
Luxembourg | agriculture: 1% industry: 13% services: 86% (2004 est.)
Macau | manufacturing 11.1%, construction 11.7%, transport and communications 6.3%, wholesale and retail trade 13.7%, restaurants and hotels 11.3%, gambling 19.8%, public sector 7.7%, financial services 2.6%, other services and agriculture 15.7% (2006)
Macedonia | agriculture: 19.6% industry: 30.4% services: 50% (September 2007)
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% (2005 est.)
Malta | agriculture: 3% industry: 22% services: 75% (2005 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: 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)
Mongolia | agriculture: 39.9% industry: 11.7% services: 49.4% (2006)
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: 3% industry: 21% services: 76% (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: 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%
Panama | agriculture: 15% industry: 18% services: 67% (2006)
Papua New Guinea | agriculture: 85% industry: NA% services: NA% (2005 est.)
Paraguay | agriculture: 31% industry: 17% services: 52% (2007)
Peru | agriculture: 9% industry: 18% services: 73% (2001)
Philippines | agriculture: 35% industry: 15% services: 50% (2007 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% (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico | agriculture: 3% industry: 20% services: 77% (2000 est.)
Romania | agriculture: 29.7% industry: 23.2% services: 47.1% (2006)
Russia | agriculture: 10.8% industry: 28.8% services: 60.5% (November 2007 est.)
Rwanda | agriculture: 90% industry and services: 10% (2000)
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: 77.5% industry and services: 22.5% (2007 est.)
Serbia | agriculture: 30% industry: 46% services: 24% (2002)
Seychelles | agriculture: 3% industry: 23% services: 74% (2006)
Sierra Leone | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Singapore | manufacturing 21%, construction 5%, transportation and communication 7%, financial, business, and other services 42%, other 25% (2006)
Slovakia | agriculture 5.8%, industry 29.3%, construction 9%, services 55.9% (2003)
Slovenia | agriculture: 2.5% industry: 36% services: 61.5% (2007)
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: 5.3% industry: 30.1% services: 64.6% (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka | agriculture: 34.3% industry: 25.3% services: 40.4% (30 June 2006 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: 2% industry: 24% services: 74% (2000 est.)
Switzerland | agriculture: 4.6% industry: 26.3% services: 69.1% (1998)
Syria | agriculture: 19.2% industry: 14.5% services: 66.3% (2006 est.)
Taiwan | agriculture: 5.3% industry: 36.8% services: 57.9% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan | agriculture: 67.2% industry: 7.5% services: 25.3% (2000 est.)
Tanzania | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2002 est.)
Thailand | agriculture: 49% industry: 14% services: 37% (2000 est.)
Timor-Leste | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Togo | agriculture: 65% industry: 5% services: 30% (1998 est.)
Tonga | agriculture: 65% industry and services: 35% (1997 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | agriculture 4%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 12.9%, construction and utilities 17.5%, services 65.6% (2006 est.)
Tunisia | agriculture: 55% industry: 23% services: 22% (1995 est.)
Turkey | agriculture: 35.9% industry: 22.8% services: 41.2% (3rd quarter)
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: 25% industry: 20% services: 55% (1996)
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 0.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.6%, managerial, professional, and technical 35.5%, sales and office 24.8%, other services 16.5% note: figures exclude the unemployed (2007)
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: 55.6% industry: 18.9% services: 25.5% (July 2005)
Virgin Islands | agriculture: 1% industry: 19% services: 80% (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | agriculture: 80% industry: 4% services: 16% (2001 est.)
West Bank | agriculture: 18% industry: 15% services: 67% (2006)
Western Sahara | agriculture: 50% industry and services: 50% (2005 est.)
World | agriculture: 40.2% industry: 20.5% services: 39.3% (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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