| Labor force - by occupation Country profile category: Economy |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

Afghanistan: | agriculture 70%, industry 15%, services 15% (1990 est.)
Albania: | agriculture 50%, industry and services 50%
Algeria: | government 29%, agriculture 25%, construction and public works 15%, industry 11%, other 20% (1996 est.)
American Samoa: | government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)
Andorra: | agriculture 1%, industry 21%, services 78% (1998)
Angola: | agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% (1997 est.)
Anguilla: | commerce 36%, services 29%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, manufacturing 3%, agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%
Antigua and Barbuda: | commerce and services 82%, agriculture 11%, industry 7% (1983)
Argentina: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Armenia: | agriculture 55%, services 25%, industry 20% (1999 est.)
Aruba: | most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining
Australia: | services 73%, industry 22%, agriculture 5% (1997 est.)
Austria: | services 68%, industry and crafts 29%, agriculture and forestry 3% (1999 est.)
Azerbaijan: | agriculture and forestry 32%, industry 15%, services 53% (1997)
Bahamas, The: | tourism 40%, other services 50%, industry 5%, agriculture 5% (1995 est.)
Bahrain: | industry, commerce, and service 79%, government 20%, agriculture 1% (1997 est.)
Bangladesh: | agriculture 63%, services 26%, industry 11% (FY95/96)
Barbados: | services 75%, industry 15%, agriculture 10% (1996 est.)
Belarus: | industry and construction NA%, agriculture and forestry NA%, services NA%
Belgium: | services 73%, industry 25%, agriculture 2% (1999 est.)
Belize: | agriculture 38%, industry 32%, services 30% (1994)
Bermuda: | clerical 23%, services 22%, laborers 17%, professional and technical 17%, administrative and managerial 12%, sales 7%, agriculture and fishing 2% (1996)
Bhutan: | agriculture 93%, services 5%, industry and commerce 2%
Bolivia: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Bosnia and Herzegovina: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Botswana: | 100,000 public sector; 135,000 private sector, including 14,300 who are employed in various mines in South Africa; most others engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1995 est.)
Brazil: | services 53.2%, agriculture 23.1%, industry 23.7%
British Virgin Islands: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Brunei: | government 48%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 42%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 10% (1999 est.)
Bulgaria: | agriculture 26%, industry 31%, services 43% (1998 est.)
Burkina Faso: | agriculture 90% (2000 est.)
Burma: | agriculture 65%, industry 10%, services 25% (1999 est.)
Burundi: | NA
Cambodia: | agriculture 80% (1999 est.)
Cameroon: | agriculture 70%, industry and commerce 13%, other 17%
Canada: | services 74%, manufacturing 15%, construction 5%, agriculture 3%, other 3% (2000)
Cayman Islands: | agriculture 1.4%, industry 12.6%, services 86% (1995)
Chad: | agriculture 85% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
Chile: | agriculture 14%, industry 27%, services 59% (1997 est.)
China: | agriculture 50%, industry 24%, services 26% (1998)
Christmas Island: | tourism 400 people, mining 100 people (1995)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: | the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
Colombia: | services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24% (1990)
Comoros: | agriculture 80%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | agriculture 65%, industry 16%, services 19% (1991 est.)
Cook Islands: | agriculture 29%, industry 15%, services 56% (1995) note - shortage of skilled labor
Costa Rica: | agriculture 20%, industry 22%, services 58% (1999 est.)
Croatia: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Cuba: | agriculture 25%, industry 24%, services 51% (1998)
Cyprus: | Greek Cypriot area: services 73%, industry 22%, agriculture 5% (2000); Turkish Cypriot area: services 56.4%, industry 22.8%, agriculture 20.8% (1998)
Czech Republic: | agriculture 5%, industry 40%, services 55% (2000 est.)
Denmark: | services 79%, industry 17%, agriculture 4% (2000 est.)
Djibouti: | agriculture 75%, industry 11%, services 14% (1991 est.)
Dominica: | agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%
Dominican Republic: | services and government 58.7%, industry 24.3%, agriculture 17% (1998 est.)
Ecuador: | agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.)
Egypt: | agriculture 29%, services 49%, industry 22% (FY99)
El Salvador: | agriculture 30%, industry 15%, services 55% (1999 est.)
Eritrea: | agriculture 80%, industry and services 20%
Estonia: | industry 20%, agriculture 11%, services 69% (1999 est.)
Ethiopia: | agriculture and animal husbandry 80%, government and services 12%, industry and construction 8% (1985)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): | agriculture 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)
Faroe Islands: | fishing, fish processing, and manufacturing 33%, construction and private services 33%, public services 34%
Fiji: | subsistence agriculture 67%, wage earners 18%, salary earners 15% (1987)
Finland: | public services 32%, industry 22%, commerce 14%, finance, insurance, and business services 10%, agriculture and forestry 8%, transport and communications 8%, construction 6%
France: | services 71%, industry 25%, agriculture 4% (1997)
French Guiana: | services, government, and commerce 60.6%, industry 21.2%, agriculture 18.2% (1980)
French Polynesia: | agriculture 13%, industry 19%, services 68% (1997)
Gabon: | agriculture 60%, services and government 25%, industry and commerce 15%
Gambia, The: | agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 6%
Gaza Strip: | services 66%, industry 21%, agriculture 13% (1996)
Georgia: | industry 20%, agriculture 40%, services 40% (1999 est.)
Germany: | industry 33.4%, agriculture 2.8%, services 63.8% (1999)
Ghana: | agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25% (1999 est.)
Gibraltar: | services 60%, industry 40%, agriculture NEGL%
Greece: | industry 21%, agriculture 20%, services 59% (2000 est.)
Grenada: | services 62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.)
Guadeloupe: | NA
Guam: | federal and territorial government 26%, private 74% (trade 24%, other services 40%, industry 10%) (2000 est.)
Guatemala: | agriculture 50%, industry 15%, services 35% (1999 est.)
Guinea: | agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: | agriculture 78%
Guyana: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Haiti: | agriculture 66%, services 25%, industry 9%
Holy See (Vatican City): | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%; note - dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican
Honduras: | agriculture 29%, industry 21%, services 50% (1998 est.)
Hong Kong: | wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 31.5%, community and social services 24%, financing, insurance, and real estate 14.5%, transport and communications 11.6%, manufacturing 7.7%, construction 2.6% (October 1999)
Hungary: | services 65%, industry 27%, agriculture 8% (1996)
Iceland: | agriculture 5.1%, fishing and fish processing 11.8%, manufacturing 12.9%, construction 10.7%, other services 59.5% (1999)
India: | agriculture 67%, services 18%, industry 15% (1995 est.)
Indonesia: | agriculture 45%, industry 16%, services 39% (1999 est.)
Iran: | agriculture 33%, industry 25%, services 42% (1999 est.)
Iraq: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Ireland: | services 64%, industry 28%, agriculture 8% (2000 est.)
Israel: | public services 31.2%, manufacturing 20.2%, finance and business 13.1%, commerce 12.8%, construction 7.5%, personal and other services 6.4%, transport, storage, and communications 6.2%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.6% (1996)
Italy: | services 61.9%, industry 32.6%, agriculture 5.5% (1999)
Jamaica: | services 60%, agriculture 21%, industry 19% (1998)
Japan: | services 65%, industry 30%, agriculture 5%
Jordan: | industry 11.4%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 10.5%, construction 10%, transport and communications 8.7%, agriculture 7.4%, other services 52% (1992)
Kazakhstan: | industry 27%, agriculture 23%, services 50% (1996)
Kenya: | agriculture 75%-80%
Korea, North: | agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%
Korea, South: | services 68%, industry 20%, agriculture 12% (1999)
Kuwait: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Kyrgyzstan: | agriculture 55%, industry 15%, services 30% (1999 est.)
Laos: | agriculture 80% (1997 est.)
Latvia: | agriculture 10%, industry 25%, services 65% (2000 est.)
Lebanon: | services NA%, industry NA%, agriculture NA%
Lesotho: | 86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa
Liberia: | agriculture 70%, industry 8%, services 22% (1999 est.)
Libya: | services and government 54%, industry 29%, agriculture 17% (1997 est.)
Liechtenstein: | industry, trade, and building 45%, services 53%, agriculture, fishing, forestry, and horticulture 2% (1997 est.)
Lithuania: | industry 30%, agriculture 20%, services 50% (1997 est.)
Luxembourg: | services 83.2%, industry 14.3%, agriculture 2.5% (1998 est.)
Macau: | restaurants and hotels 26%, manufacturing 22%, other services 52% (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Malawi: | agriculture 86% (1997 est.)
Malaysia: | local trade and tourism 28%, manufacturing 27%, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries 16%, services 10%, government 10%, construction 9% (2000 est.)
Maldives: | agriculture 22%, industry 18%, services 60% (1995)
Mali: | agriculture and fishing 80% (1998 est.)
Malta: | industry 24%, services 71%, agriculture 5% (1999 est.)
Man, Isle of: | 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%
Marshall Islands: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Martinique: | agriculture 10%, industry 17%, services 73% (1997)
Mauritania: | agriculture 47%, services 39%, industry 14%
Mauritius: | construction and industry 36%, services 24%, agriculture and fishing 14%, trade, restaurants, hotels 16%, transportation and communication 7%, finance 3% (1995)
Mexico: | agriculture 20%, industry 24%, services 56% (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of: | two-thirds are government employees
Moldova: | agriculture 40%, industry 14%, other 46% (1998)
Mongolia: | primarily herding/agricultural
Montserrat: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Morocco: | agriculture 50%, services 35%, industry 15% (1999 est.)
Mozambique: | agriculture 81%, industry 6%, services 13% (1997 est.)
Namibia: | agriculture 47%, industry 20%, services 33% (1999 est.)
Nauru: | employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation
Nepal: | agriculture 81%, services 16%, industry 3%
Netherlands: | services 73%, industry 23%, agriculture 4% (1998 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: | agriculture 1%, industry 13%, services 86% (1994 est.)
New Caledonia: | agriculture 7%, industry 23%, services 70% (1999 est.)
New Zealand: | services 65%, industry 25%, agriculture 10% (1995)
Nicaragua: | services 43%, agriculture 42%, industry 15% (1999 est.)
Niger: | agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 6%, government 4%
Nigeria: | agriculture 70%, industry 10%, services 20% (1999 est.)
Niue: | most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board
Norfolk Island: | tourism NA%, subsistence agriculture NA%
Northern Mariana Islands: | NA
Norway: | services 74%, industry 22%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 4% (1995)
Oman: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Pakistan: | agriculture 44%, industry 17%, services 39% (1999 est.)
Palau: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Panama: | agriculture 20.8%, industry 18%, services 61.2% (1995 est.)
Papua New Guinea: | agriculture 85%, industry NA%, services NA%
Paraguay: | agriculture 45%
Peru: | agriculture, mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, transport, services
Philippines: | agriculture 39.8%, government and social services 19.4%, services 17.7%, manufacturing 9.8%, construction 5.8%, other 7.5% (1998 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: | no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
Poland: | industry 22.1%, agriculture 27.5%, services 50.4% (1999)
Portugal: | services 60%, industry 30%, agriculture 10% (1999 est.)
Puerto Rico: | agriculture 3%, industry 20%, services 77% (2000 est.)
Reunion: | agriculture 8%, industry 19%, services 73% (1990)
Romania: | agriculture 40%, industry 25%, services 35% (1998)
Russia: | agriculture 15%, industry 30%, services 55% (1999 est.)
Rwanda: | agriculture 90%
Saint Helena: | agriculture and fishing 6%, industry (mainly construction) 48%, services 46% (1987 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: | NA
Saint Lucia: | agriculture 43.4%, services 38.9%, industry and commerce 17.7% (1983 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: | fishing 18%, industry (mainly fish-processing) 41%, services 41% (1996 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: | agriculture 26%, industry 17%, services 57% (1980 est.)
Samoa: | agriculture 65%, services 30%, industry 5% (1995 est.)
San Marino: | services 60%, industry 38%, agriculture 2% (1998 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: | population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing note: shortages of skilled workers
Saudi Arabia: | agriculture 12%, industry 25%, services 63% (1999 est.)
Senegal: | agriculture 60%
Seychelles: | industry 19%, services 71%, agriculture 10% (1989)
Sierra Leone: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Singapore: | financial, business, and other services 35%, manufacturing 21%, construction 13%, transportation and communication 9%
Slovakia: | industry 29.3%, agriculture 8.9%, construction 8%, transport and communication 8.2%, services 45.6% (1994)
Slovenia: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Solomon Islands: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Somalia: | agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry and services 29%
South Africa: | agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.)
Spain: | services 64%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 28%, agriculture 8% (1997 est.)
Sri Lanka: | services 45%, agriculture 38%, industry 17% (1998 est.)
Sudan: | agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 10%, government 6%, unemployed 4% (1996 est.)
Suriname: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Swaziland: | private sector 70%, public sector 30%
Sweden: | agriculture 2%, industry 24%, services 74% (2000 est.)
Switzerland: | services 69.1%, industry 26.3%, agriculture 4.6% (1998 est.)
Syria: | agriculture 40%, industry 20%, services 40% (1996 est.)
Tajikistan: | agriculture 50%, industry 20%, services 30% (1997 est.)
Tanzania: | agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 20% (2000 est.)
Thailand: | agriculture 54%, industry 15%, services 31% (1996 est.)
Togo: | agriculture 65%, industry 5%, services 30% (1998 est.)
Tonga: | agriculture 65% (1997 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: | construction and utilities 12.4%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%, agriculture 9.5%, services 64.1% (1997 est.)
Tunisia: | services 55%, industry 23%, agriculture 22% (1995 est.)
Turkey: | agriculture 38%, services 38%, industry 24% (2000)
Turkmenistan: | agriculture 44%, industry 19%, services 37% (1996)
Turks and Caicos Islands: | about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services (1997 est.)
Tuvalu: | people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those working abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)
Uganda: | agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.)
Ukraine: | industry 32%, agriculture 24%, services 44% (1996)
United Arab Emirates: | services 60%, industry 32%, agriculture 8% (1996 est.)
United Kingdom: | agriculture 1%, industry 19%, services 80% (1996 est.)
United States: | managerial and professional 30.2%, technical, sales and administrative support 29.2%, services 13.5%, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and crafts 24.6%, farming, forestry, and fishing 2.5% (2000) note: figures exclude the unemployed
Uruguay: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Uzbekistan: | agriculture 44%, industry 20%, services 36% (1995)
Vanuatu: | agriculture 65%, services 32%, industry 3% (1995 est.)
Venezuela: | services 64%, industry 23%, agriculture 13% (1997 est.)
Vietnam: | agriculture 67%, industry and services 33% (1997 est.)
Virgin Islands: | agriculture 1%, industry 20%, services 79% (1990 est.)
Wallis and Futuna: | agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (est.)
West Bank: | services 66%, industry 21%, agriculture 13% (1996)
Western Sahara: | animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50%
World: | agricultue NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Yemen: | most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force
Yugoslavia: | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Zambia: | agriculture 85%, industry 6%, services 9%
Zimbabwe: | agriculture 66%, services 24%, industry 10% (1996 est.)
Taiwan: | services 55%, industry 37%, agriculture 8% (1999 est.)