The CIA World Factbook Edition 2023, the latest with this field Economy

Labor force - by occupation In 25 editions of 36.

Labor force - by occupation was published in 25 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1999 to 2023. The 2023 edition carries it in 108 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2023 edition
108
the first edition with it
1999
the latest edition with it
2023

Published as “Labor force - by occupation” (2000 to 2023) and “Labor force--by occupation” (1999).

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World

1 entry

World

agriculture:
31%
industry:
23.5%
services:
45.5% (2014 est.)

Africa

15 entries

Burundi

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

Cameroon

agriculture:
70%
industry:
13%
services:
17% (2001 est.)

Comoros

agriculture:
80%
industry:
20% (1996 est.)
industry and services:
20% (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

agriculture:
NA
industry:
NA
services:
NA

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

agriculture:
35.4%
industry:
20.6%
services:
44% (2005 est.)

Eritrea

agriculture:
80%
industry:
20% (2004 est.)

Malawi

agriculture:
76.9%
industry:
4.1%
services:
19% (2013 est.)

Mauritius

agriculture:
8%
industry:
29.8%
services:
62.2% (2014 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

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

agriculture:
6%
industry:
48%
services:
46% (1987 est.)

Seychelles

agriculture:
3%
industry:
23%
services:
74% (2006)

South Africa

agriculture:
4.6%
industry:
23.5%
services:
71.9% (2014 est.)

Zambia

agriculture:
54.8%
industry:
9.9%
services:
35.3% (2017 est.)

Asia

8 entries

Armenia

agriculture:
36.3%
industry:
17%
services:
46.7% (2013 est.)

Georgia

agriculture:
55.6%
industry:
8.9%
services:
35.5% (2006 est.)

India

agriculture:
47%
industry:
22%
services:
31% (FY 2014 est.)

Maldives

agriculture:
7.7%
industry:
22.8%
services:
69.5% (2017 est.)

Mongolia

agriculture:
31.1%
industry:
18.5%
services:
50.5% (2016)

Tajikistan

agriculture:
43%
industry:
10.6%
services:
46.4% (2016 est.)

Turkmenistan

agriculture:
48.2%
industry:
14%
services:
37.8% (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan

agriculture:
25.9%
industry:
13.2%
services:
60.9% (2012 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

27 entries

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.)

Aruba

agriculture:
NA
industry:
NA
services:
NA

note: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade, followed by hotels and restaurants

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

agriculture:
3%
industry:
11%
services:
49%
tourism:
37% (2011 est.)

Barbados

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

Belize

agriculture:
10.2%
industry:
18.1%
services:
71.7% (2007 est.)

Cayman Islands

agriculture:
1.9%
industry:
19.1%
services:
79% (2008 est.)

Costa Rica

agriculture:
14%
industry:
22%
services:
64% (2006 est.)

Cuba

agriculture:
18%
industry:
10%
services:
72% (2016 est.)

Curacao

agriculture:
1.2%
industry:
16.9%
services:
81.8% (2008 est.)

Dominica

agriculture:
40%
industry:
32%
services:
28% (2002 est.)

Dominican Republic

agriculture:
14.4%
industry:
20.8% (2014)
services:
64.7% (2014 est.)

Grenada

agriculture:
11%
industry:
20%
services:
69% (2008 est.)

Haiti

agriculture:
38.1%
industry:
11.5%
services:
50.4% (2010)

Honduras

agriculture:
39.2%
industry:
20.9%
services:
39.8% (2005 est.)

Jamaica

agriculture:
16.1%
industry:
16%
services:
67.9% (2017)

Montserrat

agriculture:
1.4%
industry:
12.7%
services:
85.9% (2017 est.)

Nicaragua

agriculture:
31%
industry:
18%
services:
50% (2011 est.)

Panama

agriculture:
17%
industry:
18.6%
services:
64.4% (2009 est.)

Puerto Rico

agriculture:
2.1%
industry:
19%
services:
79% (2005 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 Vincent and the Grenadines

agriculture:
26%
industry:
17%
services:
57% (1980 est.)

Sint Maarten

agriculture:
1.1%
industry:
15.2%
services:
83.7% (2008 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

agriculture:
3.1%
industry:
11.5%
services:
85.4% (2016 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

note: about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services

Virgin Islands

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

Europe

14 entries

Andorra

agriculture:
0.5%
industry:
4.4%
services:
95.1% (2015)

Belarus

agriculture:
9.7%
industry:
23.4%
services:
66.8% (2015 est.)

European Union

agriculture:
5%
industry:
21.9%
services:
73.1% (2014 est.)

Faroe Islands

agriculture:
15%
industry:
15%
services:
70% (December 2016 est.)

Gibraltar

agriculture:
NEGL
industry:
1.8%
services:
98.2% (2014 est.)

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

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.)

Jersey

agriculture:
3%
industry:
12%
services:
85% (2014 est.)

Liechtenstein

agriculture:
0.8%
industry:
36.9%
services:
62.3% (2015)

Luxembourg

agriculture:
1.1%
industry:
20%
services:
78.9% (2013 est.)

Monaco

agriculture:
0%
industry:
16.1%
services:
83.9% (2012 est.)

San Marino

agriculture:
0.2%
industry:
33.5%
services:
66.3% (September 2013 est.)

Slovakia

agriculture:
3.9%
industry:
22.7%
services:
73.4% (2015)

Ukraine

agriculture:
5.8%
industry:
26.5%
services:
67.8% (2014)

Middle East

9 entries

Bahrain

agriculture:
1%
industry:
32%
services:
67% (2004 est.)

Iran

agriculture:
16.3%
industry:
35.1%
services:
48.6% (2013 est.)

Israel

agriculture:
1.1%
industry:
17.3%
services:
81.6% (2015 est.)

Lebanon

agriculture:
39% (2009 est.) NA
industry:
NA
services:
NA

Oman

agriculture:
4.7% NA
industry:
49.6% NA
services:
45% (2016 est.) NA

Saudi Arabia

agriculture:
6.7%
industry:
21.4%
services:
71.9% (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates

agriculture:
7%
industry:
15%
services:
78% (2000 est.)

West Bank

agriculture:
11.5%
industry:
34.4%
services:
54.1% (2013 est.)

note: excludes Gaza Strip

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

North America

1 entry

Bermuda

agriculture:
2%
industry:
13%
services:
85% (2016 est.)

Oceania

19 entries

American Samoa

agriculture:
NA
industry:
15.5%
services:
46.4% (2015 est.)

Cook Islands

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

Fiji

agriculture:
44.2%
industry:
14.3%
services:
41.6% (2011)

French Polynesia

agriculture:
13%
industry:
19%
services:
68% (2013 est.)

Guam

agriculture:
0.3%
industry:
21.6%
services:
78.1% (2013 est.)

Kiribati

agriculture:
15%
industry:
10%
services:
75% (2010)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

agriculture:
0.9%
industry:
5.2%
services:
93.9% (2013 est.)

note: two-thirds of the labor force are government employees

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.)

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.)

Palau

agriculture:
1.2%
industry:
12.4%
services:
86.4% (2016)

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

agriculture:
65%
industry:
6%
services:
29% (2015 est.)

Solomon Islands

agriculture:
75%
industry:
5%
services:
20% (2000 est.)

Tonga

agriculture:
2,006% (2006 est.)
industry:
27.5% (2006 est.)
services:
2,006% (2006 est.)

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)

Wallis and Futuna

agriculture:
74%
industry:
3%
services:
23% (2015 est.)

South America

4 entries

Argentina

agriculture:
5.3%
industry:
28.6%
services:
66.1% (2017 est.)

Colombia

agriculture:
17%
industry:
21%
services:
62% (2011 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

agriculture:
41%
industry:
24.5%
services:
34.5% (2015 est.)

Suriname

agriculture:
11.2%
industry:
19.5%
services:
69.3% (2010)

Southeast Asia

10 entries

Brunei

agriculture:
4.2%
industry:
62.8%
services:
33% (2008 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

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

Laos

agriculture:
73.1%
industry:
6.1%
services:
20.6% (2012 est.)

Malaysia

agriculture:
11%
industry:
36%
services:
53% (2012 est.)

Philippines

agriculture:
25.4%
industry:
18.3%
services:
56.3% (2017 est.)

Singapore

agriculture:
0.7%
industry:
25.6%
services:
73.7% (2017)

note: excludes non-residents

Taiwan

agriculture:
4.9%
industry:
35.9%
services:
59.2% (2016 est.)

Timor-Leste

agriculture:
41%
industry:
13%
services:
45.1% (2013)

Vietnam

agriculture:
40.3%
industry:
25.7%
services:
34% (2017)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2023, “Labor force - by occupation”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force-by-occupation.

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