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FIELD LISTING :: LABOR FORCE - BY OCCUPATION
This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by sector of occupation. Agriculture includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all other economic activities that do not produce material goods. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete and may range from 99-101 percent due to rounding.

Country Comparison to the World

Country | LABOR FORCE - BY OCCUPATION(%)
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Afghanistan | agriculture: 78.6% industry: 5.7% services: 15.7% (FY08/09 est.)
Albania | agriculture: 41.8% industry: 11.4% services: 46.8% (2015 est.)
Algeria | agriculture: 14% industry: 13.4% construction and public works: 10% trade: 14.6% government: 32% other: 16% (2003 est.)
American Samoa | agriculture: NA industry: 13.1% services: 86.9% (2013)
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: 39% industry: 17% services: 44% (2011 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)
Bahamas, The | agriculture: 3% industry: 11% tourism: 49% other services: 37% (2011 est.)
Bahrain | agriculture: 1% industry: 32% services: 67% (2004 est.)
Bangladesh | agriculture: 47% industry: 13% services: 40% (2010 est.)
Barbados | agriculture: 10% industry: 15% services: 75% (1996 est.)
Belarus | agriculture: 9.3% industry: 32.7% services: 58% (2014 est.)
Belgium | agriculture: 1.3% industry: 18.6% services: 80.1% (2013 est.)
Belize | agriculture: 10.2% industry: 18.1% services: 71.7% (2007 est.)
Bermuda | agriculture: 2% industry: 15% services: 83% (2013 est.)
Bhutan | agriculture: 56% industry: 22% services: 22% (2013 est.)
Bolivia | agriculture: 32% industry: 20% services: 47.9% (2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | agriculture: 19% industry: 30% services: 51% (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: 6.7% industry: 30.2% services: 63.1% (2013)
Burkina Faso | agriculture: 90% industry and services: 10% (2000 est.)
Burma | agriculture: 70% industry: 7% services: 23% (2001 est.)
Burundi | agriculture: 93.6% industry: 2.3% services: 4.1% (2002 est.)
Cambodia | agriculture: 48.7% industry: 19.9% services: 31.5% (2013 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: 1.9% industry: 27.6% services: 70.4% (2014)
Cuba | agriculture: 18% industry: 10% services: 72% (2013 est.)
Curacao | agriculture: 1.2% industry: 16.9% services: 81.8% (2008 est.)
Cyprus | agriculture: 3.9% industry: 16% services: 80.1% (2013 est.)
Czech Republic | agriculture: 2.6% industry: 37.4% services: 60% (2012)
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: 14.4% industry: 20.8% services: 64.7% (2014 est.)
Ecuador | agriculture: 27.8% industry: 17.8% services: 54.4% (2012 est.)
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: 3.9% industry: 28.4% services: 67.7% (2014)
Ethiopia | agriculture: 85% industry: 5% services: 10% (2009 est.)
European Union | agriculture: 5.2% industry: 22.7% services: 72.2% (2012 est.)
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: 3% industry: 21.3% services: 75.7% (2013 est.)
French Polynesia | agriculture: 13% industry: 19% services: 68% (2013)
Gabon | agriculture: 60% industry: 15% services: 25% (2000 est.)
Gambia, The | agriculture: 75% industry: 19% services: 6% (1996)
Gaza Strip | agriculture: 8.4% industry: 12.3% services: 79.3% note: data exclude West Bank (2013 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: 44.7% industry: 14.4% services: 40.9% (2013 est.)
Gibraltar | agriculture: NEGL industry: 40% services: 60% (2001)
Greece | agriculture: 12.9% industry: 14.7% services: 72.4% (2013 est.)
Greenland | agriculture: 13.9% industry: 19.2% services: 67% (2012 est.)
Grenada | agriculture: 11% industry: 20% services: 69% (2008 est.)
Guam | agriculture: 0.3% industry: 21.6% services: 78.1% (2013)
Guatemala | agriculture: 38% industry: 14% services: 48% (2011 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | agriculture: 82% industry and services: 18% (2000 est.)
Guinea | agriculture: 76% industry and services: 24% (2006 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: 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 est.)
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: 16.3% industry: 35.1% services: 48.6% (2013 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)
Italy | agriculture: 3.9% industry: 28.3% services: 67.8% (2011)
Jamaica | agriculture: 17% industry: 19% services: 64% (2006)
Japan | agriculture: 2.9% industry: 26.2% services: 70.9% (2015 February est.)
Jordan | agriculture: 2% industry: 20% services: 78% (2013 est.)
Kazakhstan | agriculture: 25.8% industry: 11.9% services: 62.3% (2012 est.)
Kenya | agriculture: 75% industry and services: 25% (2007 est.)
Kiribati | agriculture: 15% industry: 10% services: 75% (2010)
Korea, North | agriculture: 37% industry and services: 63% (2008 est.)
Korea, South | agriculture: 5.7% industry: 24% services: 70.4% (2014 est.)
Kosovo | agriculture: 5.9% industry: 16.8% services: 77.3% (2013)
Kuwait | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Kyrgyzstan | agriculture: 48% industry: 12.5% services: 39.5% (2005 est.)
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: 1.1% industry: 20% services: 78.9% (2013 est.)
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: 18.3% industry: 29.1% services: 52.6% (2014 est.)
Malawi | agriculture: 90% industry and services: 10% (2003 est.)
Malaysia | agriculture: 11% industry: 36% services: 53% (2012 est.)
Maldives | agriculture: 15% industry: 15% services: 70% (2010 est.)
Mali | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
Malta | agriculture: 1.5% industry: 25.7% services: 72.8% (2014)
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: 5.2% services: 93.9% note: two-thirds of the labor force are government employees (2013 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: 28.6% industry: 21% services: 50.4% (2014)
Montenegro | agriculture: 5.3% industry: 17.9% services: 76.8% (2014 est.)
Morocco | agriculture: 39.1% industry: 20.3% services: 40.5% (2014 est.)
Mozambique | agriculture: 81% industry: 6% services: 13% (1997 est.)
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: 1.8% industry: 17% services: 81.2% (2013 est.)
New Caledonia | agriculture: 2.7% industry: 22.4% services: 74.9% (2010)
New Zealand | agriculture: 7% industry: 19% services: 74% (2006 est.)
Nicaragua | agriculture: 31% industry: 18% services: 50% (2011 est.)
Nigeria | agriculture: 70% industry: 10% services: 20% (1999 est.)
Niger | agriculture: 90% industry: 6% services: 4% (1995)
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)
Oman | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Pakistan | agriculture: 44% industry: 22% services: 33% (FY2013 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: 30% industry: 16% services: 54% (2014 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: 8.6% industry: 23.9% services: 67.5% (2014 est.)
Puerto Rico | agriculture: 2.1% industry: 19% services: 79% (2005 est.)
Romania | agriculture: 27.9% industry: 28.2% services: 43.9% (2013)
Russia | agriculture: 9.7% industry: 27.8% services: 62.5% (2012)
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: 65% industry: NA% services: NA%
San Marino | agriculture: 0.2% industry: 33.5% services: 66.3% (September 2013 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: 21.9% industry: 15.6% services: 62.5% (2014 est.)
Seychelles | agriculture: 3% industry: 23% services: 74% (2006)
Sierra Leone | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Singapore | agriculture: 1.3% industry: 14.8% services: 83.9% note: excludes non-residents (2014)
Sint Maarten | agriculture: 1.1% industry: 15.2% services: 83.7% (2008 est.)
Slovakia | agriculture: 3.5% industry: 25.9% services: 70.6% (2014)
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: 4% industry: 18% services: 66% (2014 est.)
Spain | agriculture: 2.9% industry: 15% services: 58.4% (2014 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: 11.2% industry: 19.5% services: 69.3% (2010)
Swaziland | agriculture: 70% industry: NA% services: NA%
Sweden | agriculture: 2% industry: 12% services: 86% (2014 est.)
Switzerland | agriculture: 3.4% industry: 23.4% services: 73.2% (2010)
Syria | agriculture: 17% industry: 16% services: 67% (2008 est.)
Taiwan | agriculture: 5% industry: 36.1% services: 58.9% (2014 est.)
Tajikistan | agriculture: 46.5% industry: 10.7% services: 42.8% (2013 est.)
Tanzania | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2002 est.)
Thailand | agriculture: 32.2% industry: 16.7% services: 51.1% (2014 est.)
Timor-Leste | agriculture: 64% industry: 10% services: 26% (2010)
Togo | agriculture: 65% industry: 5% services: 30% (1998 est.)
Tonga | agriculture: 27.5% industry: 27.5% services: 45.1% (2006 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: 14.8% industry: 33.2% services: 51.7% (2014 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)
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: 1.3% industry: 15.2% services: 83.5% (2014 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.)
Vanuatu | agriculture: 65% industry: 5% services: 30% (2000 est.)
Venezuela | agriculture: 7.3% industry: 21.8% services: 70.9% (4th quarter, 2011 est.)
Vietnam | agriculture: 48% industry: 21% services: 31% (2012)
Virgin Islands | agriculture: 1% industry: 19% services: 80% (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | agriculture: 80% industry: 4% services: 16% (2001 est.)
West Bank | agriculture: 11.5% industry: 34.4% services: 54.1% note: includes Gaza Strip (2013 est.)
Western Sahara | agriculture: 50% industry and services: 50% (2005 est.)
World | agriculture: 34.7% industry: 22.4% services: 42.9% (2009 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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