The CIA World Factbook Edition 1999 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 1999 edition carries it in 216 entries, in its Economy section, under the heading “Labor force--by occupation”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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Africa

46 entries

Algeria

  • government 29.5%,
  • agriculture 22%,
  • construction and public works 16.2%,
  • industry 13.6%,
  • commerce and services 13.5%,
  • transportation and communication 5.2% (1989)

Angola

  • agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% (1997 est.)

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.)

Burkina Faso

  • agriculture 85%,
  • industry,
  • commerce,
  • services,
  • government (1998)

Burundi

  • agriculture 93%,
  • government 4%,
  • industry and commerce 1.5%,
  • services 1.5% (1983 est.)

Chad

agriculture 85% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)

Comoros

agriculture 80%, government 3%

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

  • agriculture 65%,
  • industry 16%,
  • services 19% (1991 est.)

Djibouti

  • agriculture 75%,
  • industry 11%,
  • services 14% (1991 est.)

Egypt

  • agriculture 40%,
  • services,
  • including government 38%,
  • industry 22% (1990 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

private sector about 70%, public sector about 30%

Ethiopia

  • agriculture and animal husbandry 80%,
  • government and services 12%,
  • industry and construction 8% (1985)

Gabon

  • agriculture 65%,
  • industry and commerce,
  • services

Gambia, The now The Gambia

agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 6%

Ghana

  • agriculture and fishing 61%,
  • industry 10%,
  • services 29% (1996 est.)

Guinea

  • agriculture 80%,
  • industry and commerce 11%,
  • services 5.4%,
  • civil service 3.6%

Kenya

agriculture 75%-80%, nonagriculture 20%-25%

Lesotho

86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa

Liberia

agriculture 70%

Libya

  • industry 31%,
  • services 27%,
  • government 24%,
  • agriculture 18%

Malawi

  • agriculture 86%, wage earners 14% (1990 est.)

Mali

  • agriculture and fishing 80% (1998 est.)

Mauritania

  • agriculture 47%,
  • services 29%,
  • industry and commerce 14%,
  • government 10%

Mauritius

  • construction and industry 36%,
  • services 24%,
  • agriculture and fishing 14%,
  • trade,
  • restaurants,
  • hotels 16%,
  • transportation and communication 7%,
  • finance 3% (1995)

Morocco

  • agriculture 50%,
  • services 26%,
  • industry 15%,
  • other 9% (1985)

Mozambique

  • agriculture 80%,
  • industry 9.5%,
  • services 5.5%,
  • wage earners working abroad 5% (1993 est)

Namibia

  • agriculture 49%,
  • industry and commerce 25%,
  • services 5%,
  • government 18%,
  • mining 3% (1994 est.)

Niger

  • agriculture 90%,
  • industry and commerce 6%,
  • government 4%

Nigeria

agriculture 54%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 15%

Reunion

  • agriculture 8%,
  • industry 19%,
  • services 73% (1990)

Rwanda

  • agriculture 90%,
  • government and services,
  • industry and commerce

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

professional, technical, and related workers 8.7%, managerial, administrative, and clerical 12.8%, sales people 8.1%, farmers, fishermen 5.4%, craftspersons, production process workers 14.7%, others 50.3% (1987)

Sao Tome and Principe

population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing

note: there are shortages of skilled workers

Senegal

agriculture 60%

Seychelles

industry 19%, services 57%, government 14%, fishing, agriculture, and forestry 10% (1989)

Sierra Leone

  • agriculture 65%,
  • industry 19%,
  • services 16% (1981 est.)

Somalia

agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry and services 29%

South Africa

  • services 35%,
  • agriculture 30%,
  • industry 20%,
  • mining 9%,
  • other 6%

Sudan

  • agriculture 80%,
  • industry and commerce 10%,
  • government 6%

Tanzania

  • agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 10% (1995 est.)

Togo

  • agriculture 65%,
  • industry 5%,
  • services 30% (1998 est.)

Tunisia

  • services 55%,
  • industry 23%,
  • agriculture 22% (1995 est.)

Uganda

  • agriculture 86%,
  • industry 4%,
  • services 10% (1980 est.)

Western Sahara

animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50%

Zambia

agriculture 85%, mining, manufacturing, and construction 6%, transport and services 9%

Zimbabwe

NA

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

  • manufacturing 12.9%,
  • fishing and fish processing 11.8%,
  • construction 10.7%,
  • other services 59.5%,
  • agriculture 5.1% (1996 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

  • agriculture and animal husbandry 67.8%,
  • industry 10.2%,
  • construction 6.3%,
  • commerce 5%,
  • services and other 10.7% (1980 est.)

Armenia

manufacturing, mining, and construction 25%, agriculture 38%, services 37%

Azerbaijan

  • agriculture and forestry 32%,
  • industry and construction 15%,
  • services 53% (1997)

Bangladesh

  • agriculture 65%,
  • services 25%,
  • industry and mining 10% (1996)

Bhutan

  • agriculture 93%,
  • services 5%,
  • industry and commerce 2%

China

  • agriculture 50%,
  • industry 24%,
  • services 26% (1997)

Georgia

  • industry and construction 31%,
  • agriculture and forestry 25%,
  • other 44% (1990)

India

  • agriculture 67%,
  • services 18%,
  • industry 15% (1995 est.)

Japan

trade and services 50%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 33%, utilities and communication 7%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 6%, government 3% (1994)

Kazakhstan

  • industry 27%,
  • agriculture and forestry 23%,
  • other 50% (1996)

Korea, North now North Korea

agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%

Korea, South now South Korea

  • services and other 52%,
  • mining and manufacturing 27%,
  • agriculture,
  • fishing,
  • forestry 21% (1991)

Kyrgyzstan

  • agriculture and forestry 40%,
  • industry and construction 19%,
  • other 41% (1995 est.)

Maldives

fishing industry and agriculture 25%, services 21%, manufacturing and construction 21%, trade, restaurants, and hotels 16%, transportation and communication 10%, other 7%

Mongolia

primarily herding/agricultural

Nepal

  • agriculture 81%,
  • services 16%,
  • industry 3%

Pakistan

  • agriculture 47%,
  • mining and manufacturing 17%,
  • services 17%,
  • other 19%

Russia

NA

Sri Lanka

  • services 46%,
  • agriculture 37%,
  • industry 17% (1997 est.)

Tajikistan

agriculture and forestry 52%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 17%, services 31% (1995)

Turkmenistan

  • agriculture and forestry 44%,
  • industry and construction 19%,
  • other 37% (1996)

Uzbekistan

  • agriculture and forestry 44%,
  • industry 20%,
  • services 36% (1995)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

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)

Aruba

  • most employment is in the tourist industry (1996)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

  • government 30%,
  • tourism 40%,
  • business services 10%,
  • agriculture 5% (1995 est.)

Barbados

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

Belize

  • agriculture 30%,
  • services 16%,
  • government 15.4%,
  • commerce 11.2%,
  • manufacturing 10.3%

British Virgin Islands

tourism NA%

Cayman Islands

  • service workers 18.7%,
  • clerical 18.6%,
  • construction 12.5%,
  • finance and investment 6.7%,
  • directors and business managers 5.9% (1979)

Costa Rica

  • industry and commerce 23.3%,
  • government and services 55.1%,
  • agriculture 21.6% (1996 est.)

Cuba

  • services and government 30%,
  • industry 22%,
  • agriculture 20%,
  • commerce 11%,
  • construction 10%,
  • transportation and communications 7% (June 1990)

Dominica

  • agriculture 40%,
  • industry and commerce 32%,
  • services 28%

Dominican Republic

  • agriculture 50%,
  • services and government 32%,
  • industry 18% (1991 est.)

El Salvador

  • agriculture 40%,
  • commerce 16%,
  • manufacturing 15%,
  • government 13%,
  • financial services 9%,
  • transportation 6%,
  • other 1%

Grenada

  • services 31%,
  • agriculture 24%,
  • construction 8%,
  • manufacturing 5%,
  • other 32% (1985)

Guadeloupe

  • agriculture 15%,
  • industry 20%,
  • services 65% (1993)

Guatemala

  • agriculture 58%,
  • services 14%,
  • manufacturing 14%,
  • commerce 7%,
  • construction 4%,
  • transport 2.6%,
  • utilities 0.3%,
  • mining 0.1% (1995)

Haiti

  • agriculture 66%,
  • services 25%,
  • industry 9%

Honduras

  • agriculture 37%,
  • services 39%,
  • industry 24% (1996)

Jamaica

  • services 41%,
  • agriculture 22.5%,
  • industry 19% (1989)

Martinique

  • agriculture 10%,
  • industry 17%,
  • services 73% (1997)

Montserrat

community, social, and personal services 40.5%, construction 13.5%, trade, restaurants, and hotels 12.3%, manufacturing 10.5%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 8.8%, other 14.4% (1983 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

  • government 65%, industry and commerce 28% (1983)

Nicaragua

  • services 54%,
  • agriculture 31%,
  • industry 15% (1995 est.)

Panama

government and community services 31.8%, agriculture, hunting, and fishing 26.8%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 16.4%, manufacturing and mining 9.4%, construction 3.2%, transportation and communications 6.2%, finance, insurance, and real estate 4.3%

Puerto Rico

  • government 19%,
  • manufacturing 13%,
  • trade 17%,
  • construction 5%,
  • other 32%,
  • unemployed 14% (1996)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

services 69%, manufacturing 31%

Saint Lucia

  • agriculture 43.4%,
  • services 38.9%,
  • industry and commerce 17.7% (1983 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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

Trinidad and Tobago

construction and utilities 12.4%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%, agriculture 9.5%, services 64.1% (1997 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism and financial and other services (1997 est.)

Virgin Islands

  • agriculture 1%,
  • industry 20%,
  • services 62%,
  • other 17% (1990)

Europe

42 entries

Albania

  • agriculture (nearly all private; but some state employed) 49.5%, private business sector 22.2%, state business sector 28.3% (including state-owned industry 7.8%);
  • note--includes only those domestically employed

Austria

  • services 67.7%,
  • industry and crafts 29%,
  • agriculture and forestry 0.7% (salaried employees, 1997 est.)

Belarus

  • industry and construction 40%,
  • agriculture and forestry 19%,
  • services 41% (1997 est.)

Belgium

  • services 69.7%,
  • industry 27.7%,
  • agriculture 2.6% (1992)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA%

Bulgaria

NA

Croatia

  • industry and mining 31.1%,
  • agriculture 4.3%,
  • government 19.1% (including education and health),
  • other 45.5% (1993)

Czech Republic now Czechia

  • industry 33.1%,
  • agriculture 6.9%,
  • construction 9.1%,
  • transport and communications 7.2%,
  • services 43.7% (1994)

Denmark

private services 40%, government services 30%, manufacturing and mining 19%, construction 6%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 5% (1995)

Estonia

  • industry 42%,
  • agriculture and forestry 11%,
  • services 47% (1996 est.)

Faroe Islands

largely engaged in fishing, manufacturing, transportation, and commerce

Finland

public services 30.4%, industry 20.9%, commerce 15%, finance, insurance, and business services 10.2%, agriculture and forestry 8.6%, transport and communications 7.7%, construction 7.2%

France

  • services 69%,
  • industry 26%,
  • agriculture 5% (1995)

Germany

  • industry 33.7%,
  • agriculture 2.7%,
  • services 63.6% (1998)

Gibraltar

  • services 60%,
  • industry 40%,
  • agriculture NEGL%

Greece

  • services 59.2%,
  • agriculture 19.8%,
  • industry 21% (1998)

Holy See (Vatican City)

dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican

Hungary

  • services 65%, industry 26.7%, agriculture 8.3 (1996)

Ireland

services 62.1%, manufacturing and construction 27%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 10%, utilities 0.9% (1996 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

  • manufacturing 11%,
  • construction 10%,
  • transport and communication 8%,
  • retail distribution 9%,
  • professional and scientific services 18%,
  • public administration 6%,
  • banking and finance 18%

Italy

  • services 61%,
  • industry 32%,
  • agriculture 7% (1996)

Latvia

  • industry 41%,
  • agriculture and forestry 16%,
  • services 43% (1990)

Liechtenstein

industry, trade, and building 45%, services 53%, agriculture, fishing, forestry, and horticulture 2% (1997 est.)

Lithuania

  • industry and construction 42%,
  • agriculture and forestry 20%,
  • other 38% (1997)

Luxembourg

  • services 83.2%,
  • industry 14.3%,
  • agriculture 2.5% (1998 est.)

Malta

  • public services 34%,
  • other services 32%,
  • manufacturing and construction 22%,
  • agriculture 2% (1996)

Moldova

  • agriculture 40.2%,
  • industry 14.3%,
  • other 45.5% (1998)

Netherlands

  • services 73%,
  • manufacturing and construction 23%,
  • agriculture 4% (1998 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

  • manufacturing and mining 40% (1992)

Norway

  • services 71%, industry 23%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 6% (1993)

Poland

  • industry and construction 29.9%,
  • agriculture 26%,
  • services 44.1% (1996)

Portugal

  • services 56%,
  • manufacturing 22%,
  • agriculture,
  • forestry,
  • fisheries 12%,
  • construction 9%,
  • mining 1% (1998 est.)

Romania

NA%

San Marino

  • services 55%,
  • industry 43%,
  • agriculture 2% (1995)

Serbia and Montenegro

  • industry 41%,
  • services 35%,
  • trade and tourism 12%,
  • transportation and communication 7%,
  • agriculture 5% (1994)

Slovakia

  • industry 29.3%,
  • agriculture 8.9%,
  • construction 8%,
  • transport and communication 8.2%,
  • services 45.6% (1994)

Slovenia

NA

Spain

services 64%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 28%, agriculture 8% (1997 est.)

Sweden

community, social and personal services 38.3%, mining and manufacturing 21.2%, commerce, hotels, and restaurants 14.1%, banking, insurance 9%, communications 7.2%, construction 7%, agriculture, fishing, and forestry 3.2% (1991)

Switzerland

  • services 67%,
  • manufacturing and construction 29%,
  • agriculture and forestry 4% (1995)

Ukraine

industry and construction 32%, agriculture and forestry 24%, health, education, and culture 17%, trade and distribution 8%, transport and communication 7%, other 12% (1996)

United Kingdom

  • services 68.9%,
  • manufacturing and construction 17.5%,
  • government 11.3%,
  • energy 1.2%,
  • agriculture 1.1% (1996)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

  • industry, commerce, and service 79%, government 20%, agriculture 1% (1997 est.)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
  • services 62%,
  • industry 25%,
  • agriculture 13% (1995);
  • Turkish Cypriot area: services 66%,
  • industry 11%,
  • agriculture 23% (1995)

Gaza Strip

  • services 66%,
  • industry 21%,
  • agriculture 13% (1996)

Iran

  • agriculture 33%, manufacturing 21% (1988 est.)

Iraq

  • services 48%,
  • agriculture 30%,
  • industry 22% (1989)

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)

Jordan

industry 11.4%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 10.5%, construction 10%, transport and communications 8.7%, agriculture 7.4%, other services 52% (1992)

Kuwait

  • government and social services 50%,
  • services 40%,
  • industry and agriculture 10% (1996 est.)

Lebanon

  • services 62%,
  • industry 31%,
  • agriculture 7% (1997 est.)

Oman

NA

Saudi Arabia

government 40%, industry, construction, and oil 25%, services 30%, agriculture 5%

Syria

  • services 40%,
  • agriculture 40%,
  • industry 20% (1996 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

  • agriculture 42.5%,
  • services 34.5%,
  • industry 23% (1996)

United Arab Emirates

  • services 60%,
  • industry 32%,
  • agriculture 8% (1996 est.)

West Bank

agriculture 13%, industry 13%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 12%, construction 8%, other services 54% (1996)

Yemen

  • most people are employed in agriculture and herding or as expatriate laborers;
  • services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-half of the labor force

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

  • clerical 23%,
  • services 22%,
  • laborers 17%,
  • professional and technical 17%,
  • administrative and managerial 12%,
  • sales 7%,
  • agriculture and fishing 2% (1996)

Canada

  • services 75%,
  • manufacturing 16%,
  • construction 5%,
  • agriculture 3%,
  • other 1% (1997)

Mexico

services 28.8%, agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing 21.8%, commerce 17.1%, manufacturing 16.1%, construction 5.2%, public administration and national defense 4.4%, transportation and communications 4.1%

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA

United States

managerial and professional 29.6%, technical, sales and administrative support 29.3%, services 13.6%, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and crafts 24.8%, farming, forestry, and fishing 2.7% (1998)

note: figures exclude the unemployed

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

  • government 33%,
  • tuna canneries 34%,
  • other 33% (1990)

Australia

  • services 73%,
  • industry 22%,
  • agriculture 5% (1997 est.)

Cook Islands

  • agriculture 29%,
  • government 27%,
  • services 25%,
  • industry 15%,
  • other 4% (1981)

Fiji

  • subsistence agriculture 67%,
  • wage earners 18%,
  • salary earners 15% (1987)

French Polynesia

  • agriculture 13%,
  • industry 19%,
  • services 68% (1997)

Guam

federal and territorial government 31%, private 69% (trade 21%, services 33%, construction 12%, other 3%) (1995)

Marshall Islands

NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

two-thirds are government employees

Nauru

employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation

New Caledonia

  • agriculture 20%,
  • industry 16%,
  • services 60%,
  • mining 4% (1996)

New Zealand

  • services 65.1%,
  • industry 25.1%,
  • agriculture 9.8% (1995)

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

  • managerial 20.5%,
  • technical,
  • sales 16.4%,
  • services 19.3%,
  • farming 3.1%,
  • precision production 13.8%,
  • operators,
  • fabricators 26.9%

Palau

NA

Papua New Guinea

  • agriculture 64% (1993 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

  • agriculture 65%,
  • services 30%,
  • industry 5% (1995 est.)

Solomon Islands

services 41.5%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 23.7%, commerce, transport, and finance 21.7%, construction, manufacturing, and mining 13.1% (1992 est.)

Tonga

  • agriculture 65% (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)

Vanuatu

  • agriculture 65%,
  • services 32%,
  • industry 3% (1995 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • agriculture 12%,
  • industry 31%,
  • services 57% (1985 est.)

Bolivia

  • agriculture NA%,
  • services and utilities NA%,
  • manufacturing,
  • mining and construction NA%

Brazil

  • services 42%,
  • agriculture 31%,
  • industry 27%

Chile

services 38.3% (includes government 12%), industry and commerce 33.8%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 19.2%, mining 2.3%, construction 6.4% (1990)

Colombia

  • services 46%,
  • agriculture 30%,
  • industry 24% (1990)

Ecuador

  • agriculture 29%,
  • manufacturing 18%,
  • commerce 15%,
  • services and other activities 38% (1990)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

agriculture 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)

French Guiana

services, government, and commerce 60.6%, industry 21.2%, agriculture 18.2% (1980)

Guyana

  • agriculture,
  • hunting and forestry 30.2%,
  • commerce 16%,
  • manufacturing 11% (1992)

Paraguay

agriculture 45%

Peru

  • agriculture,
  • mining and quarrying,
  • manufacturing,
  • construction,
  • transport,
  • services

Suriname

  • agriculture NA%,
  • industry NA%,
  • services NA%

Uruguay

government 25%, manufacturing 19%, agriculture 11%, commerce 12%, utilities, construction, transport, and communications 12%, other services 21% (1988 est.)

Venezuela

  • services 64%,
  • industry 23%,
  • agriculture 13% (1997 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

government 48%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 42%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 4%, other 6% (1986 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • agriculture 65.2%,
  • industry 14.3%,
  • trade 10.1%,
  • government 6.3%,
  • other 4.1% (FY88/89 est.)

Cambodia

  • agriculture 80% (1997 est.)

Christmas Island

tourism 400 people, mining 100 people

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage worker operations; tourism employs others

Hong Kong

wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 31.9%, social services 9.9%, manufacturing 9.2%, financing, insurance, and real estate 13.1%, transport and communications 5.7%, construction 2.6%, other 27.6% (October 1998)

Indonesia

agriculture 41%, trade, restaurant, and hotel 19.8%, manufacturing 14%, construction 4.8%, transport and communications 4.75%, other 15.65% (1997)

Laos

  • agriculture 80% (1997 est.)

Macau

  • industry 28%,
  • restaurants and hotels 28%,
  • other services 44%

Malaysia

manufacturing 25%, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries 21%, local trade and tourism 17%, services 12%, government 11%, construction 8% (1996)

Philippines

  • agriculture 39.8%,
  • government and social services 19.4%,
  • services 17.7%,
  • manufacturing 9.8%,
  • construction 5.8%,
  • other 7.5% (1998 est.)

Singapore

financial, business, and other services 33.5%, manufacturing 25.6%, commerce 22.9%, construction 6.6%, other 11.4% (1994)

Taiwan

  • services 52%,
  • industry 38%,
  • agriculture 10% (1996)

Thailand

  • agriculture 54%,
  • industry 15%,
  • services (including government) 31% (1996 est.)

Vietnam

  • agriculture 65%, industry and services 35% (1990 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1999, “Labor force - by occupation”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force-by-occupation/1999.

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