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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.

By Country Listing of the values for the Labor force - by occupation field
Country | Labor force - by occupation
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Afghanistan | agriculture: 44.3% industry: 18.1% services: 37.6% (2017 est.)
Albania | agriculture: 41.4% industry: 18.3% services: 40.3% (2017 est.)
Algeria | agriculture: 10.8% industry: 30.9% services: 58.4% (2011 est.)
American Samoa | agriculture: NA industry: 15.5% services: 46.4% (2015 est.)
Andorra | agriculture: 0.5% industry: 4.4% services: 95.1% (2015)
Angola | agriculture: 85% industry: 15% (2015 est.) industry and services: 15% (2003 est.)
Anguilla | agriculture: 74.1% industry: 3% services: 18% agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining: 4% (2000 est.) manufacturing: 3% (2000 est.) construction: 18% (2000 est.) transportation and utilities: 10% (2000 est.) commerce: 36% (2000 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | agriculture: 7% industry: 11% services: 82% (1983 est.)
Argentina | agriculture: 5.3% industry: 28.6% services: 66.1% (2017 est.)
Armenia | agriculture: 36.3% industry: 17% services: 46.7% (2013 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: 75.3% (2009 est.)
Austria | agriculture: 0.7% industry: 25.2% services: 74.1% (2017 est.)
Azerbaijan | agriculture: 37% industry: 14.3% services: 48.9% (2014)
Bahamas, The | agriculture: 3% industry: 11% services: 49% tourism: 37% (2011 est.)
Bahrain | agriculture: 1% industry: 32% services: 67% (2004 est.)
Bangladesh | agriculture: 42.7% industry: 20.5% services: 36.9% (2016 est.)
Barbados | agriculture: 10% industry: 15% services: 75% (1996 est.)
Belarus | agriculture: 9.7% industry: 23.4% services: 66.8% (2015 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: 13% services: 85% (2016 est.)
Bhutan | agriculture: 58% industry: 20% services: 22% (2015 est.)
Bolivia | agriculture: 29.4% industry: 22% services: 48.6% (2015 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | agriculture: 18% industry: 30.4% services: 51.7% (2017 est.)
Botswana | agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA
Brazil | agriculture: 9.4% industry: 32.1% services: 58.5% (2017 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: 6.8% industry: 26.6% services: 66.6% (2016 est.)
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% industry: 13% services: 6% industry and services: 76% manufacturing: 3% (2006 est.)
Cayman Islands | agriculture: 1.9% industry: 19.1% services: 79% (2008 est.)
Chad | agriculture: 80% industry: 20% (2006 est.)
Chile | agriculture: 9.2% industry: 23.7% services: 67.1% (2013)
China | agriculture: 27.7% industry: 28.8% services: 43.5% (2016 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: 20% (1996 est.) industry and services: 20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA
Congo, Republic of the | agriculture: 35.4% industry: 20.6% services: 44% (2005 est.)
Cook Islands | agriculture: 29% industry: 15% services: 56% (1995)
Costa Rica | agriculture: 14% industry: 22% services: 64% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | agriculture: 68% (2007 est.)
Croatia | agriculture: 1.9% industry: 27.3% services: 70.8% (2017 est.)
Cuba | agriculture: 18% industry: 10% services: 72% (2016 est.)
Curacao | agriculture: 1.2% industry: 16.9% services: 81.8% (2008 est.)
Cyprus | agriculture: 3.8% industry: 15.2% services: 81% (2014 est.)
Czechia | agriculture: 2.8% industry: 38% services: 59.2% (2015)
Denmark | agriculture: 2.4% industry: 18.3% services: 79.3% (2016 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% (2014) services: 64.7% (2014 est.)
Ecuador | agriculture: 26.1% industry: 18.4% services: 55.5% (2017 est.)
Egypt | agriculture: 25.8% industry: 25.1% services: 49.1% (2015 est.)
El Salvador | agriculture: 21% industry: 20% services: 58% (2011 est.)
Eritrea | agriculture: 80% industry: 20% (2004 est.)
Estonia | agriculture: 2.7% industry: 20.5% services: 76.8% (2017 est.)
Eswatini | agriculture: 10.7% industry: 30.4% services: 58.9% (2014 est.)
Ethiopia | agriculture: 72.7% industry: 7.4% services: 19.9% (2013 est.)
European Union | agriculture: 5% industry: 21.9% services: 73.1% (2014 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | agriculture: 41% industry: 24.5% services: 34.5% (2015 est.)
Faroe Islands | agriculture: 15% industry: 15% services: 70% (December 2016 est.)
Fiji | agriculture: 44.2% industry: 14.3% services: 41.6% (2011)
Finland | agriculture: 4% industry: 20.7% services: 75.3% (2017 est.)
France | agriculture: 2.8% (2016 est.) industry: 20% (2016 est.) services: 77.2% (2016 est.)
French Polynesia | agriculture: 13% industry: 19% services: 68% (2013 est.)
Gabon | agriculture: 64% industry: 12% services: 24% (2005 est.)
Gambia, The | agriculture: 75% industry: 19% services: 6% (1996 est.)
Gaza Strip | agriculture: 5.2% industry: 10% services: 84.8% (2015 est.) note: data exclude the West Bank
Georgia | agriculture: 55.6% industry: 8.9% services: 35.5% (2006 est.)
Germany | agriculture: 1.4% industry: 24.2% services: 74.3% (2016)
Ghana | agriculture: 44.7% industry: 14.4% services: 40.9% (2013 est.)
Gibraltar | agriculture: NEGL industry: 1.8% services: 98.2% (2014 est.)
Greece | agriculture: 12.6% industry: 15% services: 72.4% (30 October 2015 est.)
Greenland | agriculture: 15.9% industry: 10.1% services: 73.9% (2015 est.)
Grenada | agriculture: 11% industry: 20% services: 69% (2008 est.)
Guam | agriculture: 0.3% industry: 21.6% services: 78.1% (2013 est.)
Guatemala | agriculture: 31.4% industry: 12.8% services: 55.8% (2017 est.)
Guinea | agriculture: 76% industry: 24% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | agriculture: 82% industry and services: 18% (2000 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 | agriculture: 3.8% (2013 est.) industry: 2% (2016 est.) services: 54.5% (2016 est.) industry and services: 12.5% (2013 est.) agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining: 10.1% (2013) manufacturing: 17.1% (2013 est.) note: above data exclude public sector
Hungary | agriculture: 4.9% industry: 30.3% services: 64.5% (2015 est.)
Iceland | agriculture: 4.8% industry: 22.2% services: 73% (2008)
India | agriculture: 47% industry: 22% services: 31% (FY 2014 est.)
Indonesia | agriculture: 32% industry: 21% services: 47% (2016 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: 11% services: 84% (2015 est.)
Isle of Man | manufacturing: 5% (2006 est.) construction: 8% (2006 est.) tourism: 1% (2006 est.) transport and communications: 9% (2006 est.) agriculture, forestry, and fishing: 2% (2006 est.) gas, electricity, and water: 1% (2006 est.) wholesale and retail distribution: 11% (2006 est.) professional and scientific services: 20% (2006 est.) public administration: 7% (2006 est.) banking and finance: 23% (2006 est.) entertainment and catering: 5% (2006 est.) miscellaneous services: 8% (2006 est.)
Israel | agriculture: 1.1% industry: 17.3% services: 81.6% (2015 est.)
Italy | agriculture: 3.9% industry: 28.3% services: 67.8% (2011)
Jamaica | agriculture: 16.1% industry: 16% services: 67.9% (2017)
Japan | agriculture: 2.9% industry: 26.2% services: 70.9% (February 2015 est.)
Jersey | agriculture: 3% industry: 12% services: 85% (2014 est.)
Jordan | agriculture: 2% industry: 20% services: 78% (2013 est.)
Kazakhstan | agriculture: 18.1% industry: 20.4% services: 61.6% (2017 est.)
Kenya | agriculture: 61.1% industry: 6.7% services: 32.2% (2005 est.)
Kiribati | agriculture: 15% industry: 10% services: 75% (2010)
Korea, North | agriculture: 37% industry: 63% (2008 est.)
Korea, South | agriculture: 4.8% industry: 24.6% services: 70.6% (2017 est.)
Kosovo | agriculture: 4.4% industry: 17.4% services: 78.2% (2017 est.)
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: 7.7% industry: 24.1% services: 68.1% (2016 est.)
Lebanon | agriculture: 39% NA (2009 est.) industry: NA services: NA
Lesotho | agriculture: 86% industry and services: 14% (2002 est.) note: most of the resident population is engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa
Liberia | agriculture: 70% industry: 8% services: 22% (2000 est.)
Libya | agriculture: 17% industry: 23% services: 59% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein | agriculture: 0.8% industry: 36.9% services: 62.3% (2015)
Lithuania | agriculture: 9.1% industry: 25.2% services: 65.8% (2015 est.)
Luxembourg | agriculture: 1.1% industry: 20% services: 78.9% (2013 est.)
Macau | agriculture: 2.5% industry: 9.8% services: 4.4% industry and services: 12.4% agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining: 15% manufacturing: 25.9% construction: 7.1% transportation and utilities: 2.6% commerce: 20.3% (2013 est.)
Macedonia | agriculture: 16.2% industry: 29.2% services: 54.5% (2017 est.)
Malawi | agriculture: 76.9% industry: 4.1% services: 19% (2013 est.)
Malaysia | agriculture: 11% industry: 36% services: 53% (2012 est.)
Maldives | agriculture: 7.7% industry: 22.8% services: 69.5% (2017 est.)
Mali | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
Malta | agriculture: 1.6% industry: 20.7% services: 77.7% (2016 est.)
Marshall Islands | agriculture: 11% industry: 16.3% services: 72.7% (2011 est.)
Mauritania | agriculture: 50% industry: 1.9% services: 48.1% (2014 est.)
Mauritius | agriculture: 8% industry: 29.8% services: 62.2% (2014 est.)
Mexico | agriculture: 13.4% industry: 24.1% services: 61.9% (2011)
Micronesia, Federated States of | agriculture: 0.9% industry: 5.2% services: 93.9% (2013 est.) note: two-thirds of the labor force are government employees
Moldova | agriculture: 32.3% industry: 12% services: 55.7% (2017 est.)
Monaco | agriculture: 0% industry: 16.1% services: 83.9% (2012 est.)
Mongolia | agriculture: 31.1% industry: 18.5% services: 50.5% (2016)
Montenegro | agriculture: 7.9% industry: 17.1% services: 75% (2017 est.)
Montserrat | agriculture: 1.4% industry: 12.7% services: 85.9% (2017 est.)
Morocco | agriculture: 39.1% industry: 20.3% services: 40.5% (2014 est.)
Mozambique | agriculture: 74.4% industry: 3.9% services: 21.7% (2015 est.)
Namibia | agriculture: 31% industry: 14% services: 54% (2013 est.) 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
Nauru | note: most of the labor force is employed in phosphate mining, public administration, education, and transportation
Nepal | agriculture: 69% industry: 12% services: 19% (2015 est.)
Netherlands | agriculture: 1.2% industry: 17.2% services: 81.6% (2015 est.)
New Caledonia | agriculture: 2.7% industry: 22.4% services: 74.9% (2010)
New Zealand | agriculture: 6.6% industry: 20.7% services: 72.7% (2017 est.)
Nicaragua | agriculture: 31% industry: 18% services: 50% (2011 est.)
Niger | agriculture: 79.2% industry: 3.3% services: 17.5% (2012 est.)
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: 2.1% industry: 19.3% services: 78.6% (2016 est.)
Oman | agriculture: 4.7% NA industry: 49.6% NA services: 45% NA (2016 est.)
Pakistan | agriculture: 42.3% industry: 22.6% services: 35.1% (FY2015 est.)
Palau | agriculture: 1.2% industry: 12.4% services: 86.4% (2016)
Panama | agriculture: 17% industry: 18.6% services: 64.4% (2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea | agriculture: 85% industry: NA services: NA
Paraguay | agriculture: 26.5% industry: 18.5% services: 55% (2008)
Peru | agriculture: 25.8% industry: 17.4% services: 56.8% (2011)
Philippines | agriculture: 25.4% industry: 18.3% services: 56.3% (2017 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
Poland | agriculture: 11.5% industry: 30.4% services: 57.6% (2015)
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: 28.3% industry: 28.9% services: 42.8% (2014)
Russia | agriculture: 9.4% industry: 27.6% services: 63% (2016 est.)
Rwanda | agriculture: 75.3% industry: 6.7% services: 18% (2012 est.)
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: 6% services: 29% (2015 est.)
San Marino | agriculture: 0.2% industry: 33.5% services: 66.3% (September 2013 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | agriculture: 26.1% industry: 21.4% services: 52.5% (2014 est.)
Saudi Arabia | agriculture: 6.7% industry: 21.4% services: 71.9% (2005 est.)
Senegal | agriculture: 77.5% industry: 22.5% industry and services: 22.5% (2007 est.)
Serbia | agriculture: 19.4% industry: 24.5% services: 56.1% (2017 est.)
Seychelles | agriculture: 3% industry: 23% services: 74% (2006)
Sierra Leone | agriculture: 61.1% industry: 5.5% services: 33.4% (2014 est.)
Singapore | agriculture: 0.7% industry: 25.6% services: 73.7% (2017) note: excludes non-residents
Sint Maarten | agriculture: 1.1% industry: 15.2% services: 83.7% (2008 est.)
Slovakia | agriculture: 3.9% industry: 22.7% services: 73.4% (2015)
Slovenia | agriculture: 5.5% industry: 31.2% services: 63.3% (2017 est.)
Solomon Islands | agriculture: 75% industry: 5% services: 20% (2000 est.)
Somalia | agriculture: 71% industry: 29% industry and services: 29% (1975)
South Africa | agriculture: 4.6% industry: 23.5% services: 71.9% (2014 est.)
Spain | agriculture: 4.2% industry: 24% services: 71.7% (2009)
Sri Lanka | agriculture: 27% industry: 26% services: 47% (31 December 2016)
Sudan | agriculture: 80% industry: 7% services: 13% (1998 est.)
Suriname | agriculture: 11.2% industry: 19.5% services: 69.3% (2010)
Sweden | agriculture: 2% industry: 12% services: 86% (2014 est.)
Switzerland | agriculture: 3.3% industry: 19.8% services: 76.9% (2015)
Syria | agriculture: 17% industry: 16% services: 67% (2008 est.)
Taiwan | agriculture: 4.9% industry: 35.9% services: 59.2% (2016 est.)
Tajikistan | agriculture: 43% industry: 10.6% services: 46.4% (2016 est.)
Tanzania | agriculture: 66.9% industry: 6.4% services: 26.6% (2014 est.)
Thailand | agriculture: 31.8% industry: 16.7% services: 51.5% (2015 est.)
Timor-Leste | agriculture: 41% industry: 13% services: 45.1% (2013)
Togo | agriculture: 65% industry: 5% services: 30% (1998 est.)
Tonga | agriculture: 2,006% (2006 est.) industry: 27.5% (2006 est.) services: 2,006% (2006 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | agriculture: 3.1% industry: 11.5% services: 85.4% (2016 est.)
Tunisia | agriculture: 14.8% industry: 33.2% services: 51.7% (2014 est.)
Turkey | agriculture: 18.4% industry: 26.6% services: 54.9% (2016)
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: most people make a living through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls - and through overseas remittances (mostly from workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)
Uganda | agriculture: 71% industry: 7% services: 22% (2013 est.)
Ukraine | agriculture: 5.8% industry: 26.5% services: 67.8% (2014)
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 | agriculture: 0.7% (2009) industry: 20.3% (2009) services: 37.3% (2009) industry and services: 24.2% (2009) manufacturing: 17.6% (2009) farming, forestry, and fishing: 0.7% (2009) manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: 20.3% (2009) managerial, professional, and technical: 37.3% (2009) sales and office: 24.2% (2009) other services: 17.6% (2009) note: figures exclude the unemployed
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: 40.3% industry: 25.7% services: 34% (2017)
Virgin Islands | agriculture: 1% industry: 19% services: 80% (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | agriculture: 74% industry: 3% services: 23% (2015 est.)
West Bank | agriculture: 11.5% industry: 34.4% services: 54.1% (2013 est.) note: excludes Gaza Strip
Western Sahara | agriculture: 50% industry: 50% industry and services: 50% (2005 est.)
World | agriculture: 31% industry: 23.5% services: 45.5% (2014 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: 54.8% industry: 9.9% services: 35.3% (2017 est.)
Zimbabwe | agriculture: 67.5% industry: 7.3% services: 25.2% (2017 est.)

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