The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 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 2006 edition carries it in 221 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2006 edition
221
the first edition with it
1999
the latest edition with it
2023

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World

1 entry

World

agriculture:
42%
industry:
21%
services:
37% (2002 est.)

Africa

49 entries

Algeria

  • agriculture 14%,
  • industry 13.4%,
  • construction and public works 10%,
  • trade 14.6%,
  • government 32%,
  • other 16% (2003 est.)

Angola

agriculture:
85%
industry and services:
15% (2003 est.)

Botswana

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Burkina Faso

agriculture:
90%
industry and services:
10% (2000 est.)

Burundi

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

Cameroon

agriculture:
70%
industry:
13%
services:
17%

Chad

agriculture:
80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
industry and services:
20%

Comoros

agriculture:
80%
industry and services:
20%

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

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Djibouti

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Egypt

agriculture:
32%
industry:
17%
services:
51% (2001 est.)

Eritrea

agriculture:
80%
industry and services:
20%

Swaziland now Eswatini

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Ethiopia

agriculture:
80%
industry:
8%
services:
12% (1985)

Gabon

agriculture:
60%
industry:
15%
services:
25%

Gambia, The now The Gambia

agriculture:
75%
industry:
19%
services:
6%

Ghana

agriculture:
60%
industry:
15%
services:
25% (1999 est.)

Guinea

agriculture:
80%
industry and services:
20% (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

agriculture:
82%
industry and services:
18% (2000 est.)

Kenya

agriculture:
75%
industry and services:
25% (2003 est.)

Lesotho

agriculture:
86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa
industry and services:
14%

Liberia

agriculture:
70%
industry:
8%
services:
22% (2000 est.)

Libya

agriculture:
17%
industry:
23%
services:
59% (2004 est.)

Malawi

agriculture:
90%
industry and services:
10% (2003 est.)

Mali

agriculture:
80%
industry and services:
20% (2001 est.)

Mauritania

agriculture:
50%
industry:
10%
services:
40% (2001 est.)

Mauritius

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

Morocco

agriculture:
40%
industry:
15%
services:
45% (2003 est.)

Mozambique

agriculture:
81%
industry:
6%
services:
13% (1997 est.)

Namibia

agriculture:
47%
industry:
20%
services:
33% (1999 est.)

Niger

agriculture:
90%
industry:
6%
services:
4%

Nigeria

agriculture:
70%
industry:
10%
services:
20% (1999 est.)

Reunion

agriculture:
13%
industry:
12%
services:
75% (2000)

Rwanda

agriculture:
90%
industry and services:
10%

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

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

Sao Tome and Principe

note: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers

Senegal

agriculture:
77%
industry and services:
23% (1990 est.)

Seychelles

agriculture:
10%
industry:
19%
services:
71% (1989)

Sierra Leone

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Somalia

agriculture:
71%
industry and services:
29%

South Africa

agriculture:
30%
industry:
25%
services:
45% (1999 est.)

Sudan

agriculture:
80%
industry:
7%
services:
13% (1998 est.)

Tanzania

agriculture:
80%
industry and services:
20% (2002 est.)

Togo

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

Tunisia

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

Uganda

agriculture:
82%
industry:
5%
services:
13% (1999 est.)

Western Sahara

agriculture:
50%
industry and services:
50%

Zambia

agriculture:
85%
industry:
6%
services:
9%

Zimbabwe

agriculture:
66%
industry:
10%
services:
24% (1996)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

agriculture:
10.3%
industry:
18.3%
services:
71.4% (2003)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

agriculture:
80%
industry:
10%
services:
10% (2004 est.)

Armenia

agriculture:
45%
industry:
25%
services:
30% (2002 est.)

Azerbaijan

agriculture:
41%
industry:
7%
services:
52% (2001)

Bangladesh

agriculture:
63%
industry:
11%
services:
26% (FY95/96)

Bhutan

agriculture:
93%
industry:
2%
services:
5%

China

agriculture:
49%
industry:
22%
services:
29% (2003 est.)

Georgia

agriculture:
40%
industry:
20%
services:
40% (1999 est.)

India

agriculture:
60%
industry:
17%
services:
23% (1999)

Japan

agriculture:
4.6%
industry:
27.8%
services:
67.7% (2004)

Kazakhstan

agriculture:
20%
industry:
30%
services:
50% (2002 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

agriculture:
36%
industry and services:
64%

Korea, South now South Korea

agriculture:
6.4%
industry:
26.4%
services:
67.2% (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

agriculture:
55%
industry:
15%
services:
30% (2000 est.)

Maldives

agriculture:
22%
industry:
18%
services:
60% (1995)

Mongolia

  • herding/agriculture 42%,
  • mining 4%,
  • manufacturing 6%,
  • trade 14%,
  • services 29%,
  • public sector 5% (2003)

Nepal

agriculture:
76%
industry:
6%
services:
18%

Pakistan

agriculture:
42%
industry:
20%
services:
38% (2004 est.)

Russia

agriculture:
10.3%
industry:
21.4%
services:
68.3% (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka

agriculture:
38%
industry:
17%
services:
45% (1998 est.)

Tajikistan

agriculture:
67.2%
industry:
7.5%
services:
25.3% (2000 est.)

Turkmenistan

agriculture:
48.2%
industry:
13.8%
services:
37% (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan

agriculture:
44%
industry:
20%
services:
36% (1995)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

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)

Aruba

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

note: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

  • agriculture 5%,
  • industry 5%,
  • tourism 50%,
  • other services 40% (2005 est.)

Barbados

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

Belize

agriculture:
27%
industry:
18%
services:
55% (2001 est.)

British Virgin Islands

agriculture:
0.6%
industry:
40%
services:
59.4%

Cayman Islands

agriculture:
1.4%
industry:
12.6%
services:
86% (1995)

Costa Rica

agriculture:
20%
industry:
22%
services:
58% (1999 est.)

Cuba

agriculture:
21.2%
industry:
14.4%
services:
64.4% (2004)

Dominica

agriculture:
40%
industry:
32%
services:
28%

Dominican Republic

agriculture:
17%
industry:
24.3%
services:
58.7% (1998 est.)

El Salvador

agriculture:
17.1%
industry:
17.1%
services:
65.8% (2003 est.)

Grenada

agriculture:
24%
industry:
14%
services:
62% (1999 est.)

Guadeloupe

agriculture:
15%
industry:
20%
services:
65% (2002)

Guatemala

agriculture:
50%
industry:
15%
services:
35% (1999 est.)

Haiti

agriculture:
66%
industry:
9%
services:
25%

Honduras

agriculture:
34%
industry:
21%
services:
45% (2001 est.)

Jamaica

agriculture:
19.3%
industry:
16.6%
services:
64.1% (2004)

Martinique

agriculture:
10%
industry:
17%
services:
73% (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

agriculture:
1%
industry:
20%
services:
79% (2005 est.)

Nicaragua

agriculture:
30.5%
industry:
17.3%
services:
52.2% (2003 est.)

Panama

agriculture:
20.8%
industry:
18%
services:
61.2% (1995 est.)

Puerto Rico

agriculture:
3%
industry:
20%
services:
77% (2000 est.)

Saint Lucia

agriculture:
21.7%
industry:
24.7%
services:
53.6% (2002 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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

Trinidad and Tobago

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

45 entries

Albania

agriculture:
58%
industry:
19%
services:
23% (2004 est.)

Andorra

agriculture:
0.34%
industry:
19.63%
services:
80.03% (2004)

Austria

agriculture:
3%
industry:
27%
services:
70% (2005 est.)

Belarus

agriculture:
14%
industry:
34.7%
services:
51.3% (2003 est.)

Belgium

agriculture:
1.3%
industry:
24.5%
services:
74.2% (2003 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Bulgaria

agriculture:
11%
industry:
32.7%
services:
56.3% (3rd qtr. 2004 est.)

Croatia

agriculture:
2.7%
industry:
32.8%
services:
64.5% (2004)

Czech Republic now Czechia

agriculture:
4.1%
industry:
37.6%
services:
58.3% (2003)

Denmark

agriculture:
3%
industry:
21%
services:
76% (2004 est.)

Estonia

agriculture:
11%
industry:
20%
services:
69% (1999 est.)

European Union

agriculture:
4.4%
industry:
27.2%
services:
67.2%

note: the remainder is in miscellaneous public and private sector industries and services (2005 est.)

Faroe Islands

agriculture:
33%
industry:
33%
services:
34%

Finland

agriculture and forestry 8%, industry 22%, construction 6%, commerce 14%, finance, insurance, and business services 10%, transport and communications 8%, public services 32%

France

agriculture:
4.1%
industry:
24.4%
services:
71.5% (1999)

Germany

agriculture:
2.8%
industry:
33.4%
services:
63.8% (1999)

Gibraltar

agriculture:
negligible
industry:
40%
services:
60%

Greece

agriculture:
12%
industry:
20%
services:
68% (2004 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

note: essentially services with a small amount of industry; dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican

Hungary

agriculture:
5.5%
industry:
33.3%
services:
61.2% (2003)

Ireland

agriculture:
8%
industry:
29%
services:
64% (2002 est.)

Isle of Man

  • 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%

Italy

agriculture:
5%
industry:
32%
services:
63% (2001)

Latvia

agriculture:
15%
industry:
25%
services:
60% (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein

agriculture:
2%
industry:
47%
services:
51% (31 December 2001)

Lithuania

agriculture:
15.8%
industry:
28.2%
services:
56% (2004 est.)

Luxembourg

agriculture:
1%
industry:
13%
services:
86% (2004 est.)

Malta

agriculture:
3%
industry:
22%
services:
75% (2005 est.)

Moldova

agriculture:
40%
industry:
14%
services:
46% (1998)

Montenegro

agriculture:
2%
industry:
30%
services:
68% (2004)

Netherlands

agriculture:
2%
industry:
19%
services:
79% (2004 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Norway

agriculture:
4%
industry:
22%
services:
74% (1995)

Poland

agriculture:
16.1%
industry:
29%
services:
54.9% (2002)

Portugal

agriculture:
10%
industry:
30%
services:
60% (1999 est.)

Romania

agriculture:
31.6%
industry:
30.7%
services:
37.7% (2004)

San Marino

agriculture:
1%
industry:
42%
services:
57% (2000 est.)

Serbia

agriculture:
30%
industry:
46%
services:
24%

note: excluding Kosovo and Montenegro (2002)

Slovakia

  • agriculture 5.8%,
  • industry 29.3%,
  • construction 9%,
  • services 55.9% (2003)

Slovenia

agriculture:
4.8%
industry:
39.1%
services:
56.1% (2004)

Spain

agriculture:
5.3%
industry:
30.1%
services:
64.6% (2004 est.)

Sweden

agriculture:
2%
industry:
24%
services:
74% (2000 est.)

Switzerland

agriculture:
4.6%
industry:
26.3%
services:
69.1% (1998)

Ukraine

agriculture:
24%
industry:
32%
services:
44% (1996)

United Kingdom

agriculture:
1.5%
industry:
19.1%
services:
79.5% (2004)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

agriculture:
1%
industry:
79%
services:
20% (1997 est.)

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:
  • agriculture 7.4%,
  • industry 38.2%,
  • services 54.4% (2004 est.)
north Cyprus:
  • agriculture 14.5%,
  • industry 29%,
  • services 56.5% (2004 est.)

Gaza Strip

agriculture:
11.9%
industry:
18%
services:
70.1% (2nd qtr. 2005)

Iran

agriculture:
30%
industry:
25%
services:
45% (2001 est.)

Iraq

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Israel

agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.6%, manufacturing 20.2%, construction 7.5%, commerce 12.8%, transport, storage, and communications 6.2%, finance and business 13.1%, personal and other services 6.4%, public services 31.2% (1996)

Jordan

agriculture:
5%
industry:
12.5%
services:
82.5% (2001 est.)

Kuwait

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Lebanon

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Oman

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Saudi Arabia

agriculture:
12%
industry:
25%
services:
63% (1999 est.)

Syria

agriculture:
30%
industry:
27%
services:
43% (2002 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

agriculture:
35.9%
industry:
22.8%
services:
41.2% (3rd qtr. 2004)

United Arab Emirates

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

West Bank

agriculture:
18.4%
industry:
24%
services:
57.6% (April-June 2005)

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

5 entries

Bermuda

  • agriculture and fishing 3%,
  • laborers 17%,
  • clerical 19%,
  • professional and technical 21%,
  • administrative and managerial 15%,
  • sales 7%,
  • services 19% (2004 est.)

Canada

  • agriculture 2%,
  • manufacturing 14%,
  • construction 5%,
  • services 75%,
  • other 3% (2004)

Mexico

agriculture:
18%
industry:
24%
services:
58% (2003)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

agriculture:
18%
industry:
41%
services:
41% (1996 est.)

United States

farming, forestry, and fishing 0.7%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.9%, managerial, professional, and technical 34.7%, sales and office 25.4%, other services 16.3%

note: figures exclude the unemployed (2005)

Oceania

24 entries

American Samoa

agriculture:
34%
industry:
33%
services:
33% (1990)

Australia

agriculture:
3.6%
industry:
21.2%
services:
75.2% (2004 est.)

Cook Islands

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

Fiji

agriculture:
70%
industry and services:
30% (2001 est.)

French Polynesia

agriculture:
13%
industry:
19%
services:
68% (2002)

Guam

agriculture:
26%
industry:
10%
services:
64% (2004 est.)

Kiribati

  • 2.70213%,
  • 32%,
  • 65.3%

Marshall Islands

agriculture:
21.4%
industry:
20.9%
services:
57.7%

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

note: 0.9% two-thirds are government employees, 34.4%, 64.7%

Nauru

note: 0.1% employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation

New Caledonia

agriculture:
20%
industry:
20%
services:
60% (1999 est.)

New Zealand

agriculture:
10%
industry:
25%
services:
65% (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:
10%
industry and services:
90%

Northern Mariana Islands

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Palau

agriculture:
20%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA% (1990)

Papua New Guinea

agriculture:
85%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Solomon Islands

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

Tonga

agriculture:
65%
industry and services:
35% (1997 est.)

Tuvalu

note: people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)

Vanuatu

agriculture:
65%
industry:
5%
services:
30% (2000 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

agriculture:
80%
industry:
4%
services:
16% (2001 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Bolivia

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Brazil

agriculture:
20%
industry:
14%
services:
66% (2003 est.)

Chile

agriculture:
13.6%
industry:
23.4%
services:
63% (2003)

Colombia

agriculture:
22.7%
industry:
18.7%
services:
58.5% (2000 est.)

Ecuador

agriculture:
8%
industry:
24%
services:
68% (2001)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

agriculture:
95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)
industry and services:
5%

French Guiana

agriculture:
18.2%
industry:
21.2%
services:
60.6% (1980)

Guyana

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Paraguay

agriculture:
45%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Peru

agriculture:
9%
industry:
18%
services:
73% (2001)

Suriname

agriculture:
8%
industry:
14%
services:
78%

Uruguay

agriculture:
14%
industry:
16%
services:
70%

Venezuela

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

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

agriculture:
2.9%
industry:
61.1%
services:
36% (2003 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

agriculture:
70%
industry:
7%
services:
23% (2001)

Cambodia

agriculture:
75%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA% (2004 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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

Hong Kong

manufacturing 7.5%, construction 2.9%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.9%, financing, insurance, and real estate 19.6%, transport and communications 7.1%, community and social services 18.8%

note: above data exclude public sector (2005 est.)

Indonesia

agriculture:
46.5%
industry:
11.8%
services:
41.7% (1999 est.)

Laos

agriculture:
80%
industry and services:
20% (1997 est.)

Macau

  • manufacturing 13.7%,
  • construction 10.5%,
  • transport and communications 5.9%,
  • wholesale and retail trade 14.6%,
  • restaurants and hotels 10.3%,
  • gambling 17.9%,
  • public sector 7.8%,
  • other services and agriculture 19.3% (2005 est.)

Malaysia

agriculture:
14.5%
industry:
36%
services:
49.5% (2000 est.)

Philippines

agriculture:
36%
industry:
16%
services:
48% (2004 est.)

Singapore

manufacturing 18%, construction 6%, transportation and communication 11%, financial, business, and other services 39%, other 26% (2003)

Taiwan

agriculture:
6%
industry:
35.8%
services:
58.2% (2005 est.)

Thailand

agriculture:
49%
industry:
14%
services:
37% (2000 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Vietnam

agriculture:
56.8%
industry:
37%
services:
6.2% (July 2005)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Labor force - by occupation”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force-by-occupation/2006.

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