The CIA World Factbook Edition 2009 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 2009 edition carries it in 220 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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the first edition with it
1999
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2023

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World

1 entry

World

agriculture:
40.5%
industry:
20.5%
services:
39% (2007 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% (2001 est.)

Chad

agriculture:
80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
industry and services:
20% (2006 est.)

Comoros

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

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

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

Cote d'Ivoire

agriculture:
68%
industry and services:
NA (2007 est.)

Djibouti

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

Egypt

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

Eritrea

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

Swaziland now Eswatini

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

Ethiopia

agriculture:
80.2%
industry:
6.6%
services:
13.2% (2005)

Gabon

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

agriculture:
75%
industry:
19%
services:
6% (1996)

Ghana

agriculture:
56%
industry:
15%
services:
29% (2005 est.)

Guinea

agriculture:
76%
industry and services:
24% (2006 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% (2002 est.)

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% (2005 est.)

Mauritania

agriculture:
50%
industry:
10%
services:
40% (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)

Morocco

agriculture:
44.6%
industry:
19.8%
services:
35.5% (2006 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% (1995)

Nigeria

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

Rwanda

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

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:
77.5%
industry and services:
22.5% (2007 est.)

Seychelles

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

Sierra Leone

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

Somalia

agriculture:
71%
industry and services:
29% (1975)

South Africa

agriculture:
9%
industry:
26%
services:
65% (2007 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% (2005 est.)

Zambia

agriculture:
85%
industry:
6%
services:
9% (2004)

Zimbabwe

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

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

agriculture:
3%
industry:
19%
services:
78% (2007)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

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

Armenia

agriculture:
46.2%
industry:
15.6%
services:
38.2% (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan

agriculture:
39.3%
industry:
12.1%
services:
48.6% (2005)

Bangladesh

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

Bhutan

agriculture:
63%
industry:
6%
services:
31% (2004 est.)

China

agriculture:
43%
industry:
25%
services:
32% (2006 est.)

Georgia

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

India

agriculture:
60%
industry:
12%
services:
28% (2003)

Japan

agriculture:
4.4%
industry:
27.9%
services:
66.4% (2005)

Kazakhstan

agriculture:
31.5%
industry:
18.4%
services:
50% (2006)

Korea, North now North Korea

agriculture:
37%
industry and services:
63% (2004 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

agriculture:
7.2%
industry:
25.1%
services:
67.7% (2007)

Kyrgyzstan

agriculture:
48%
industry:
12.5%
services:
39.5% (2005 est.)

Maldives

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

Mongolia

agriculture:
34%
industry:
5%
services:
61% (2008)

Nepal

agriculture:
76%
industry:
6%
services:
18% (2004 est.)

Pakistan

agriculture:
43%
industry:
20.3%
services:
36.6% (2005 est.)

Russia

agriculture:
10.2%
industry:
27.4%
services:
62.4% (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka

agriculture:
34.7%
industry:
26.1%
services:
39.2% (30 September 2008 est.)

Tajikistan

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

Turkmenistan

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

Uzbekistan

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

Central America and the Caribbean

28 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:
10.2%
industry:
18.1%
services:
71.7% (2007)

British Virgin Islands

agriculture:
0.6%
industry:
40%
services:
59.4% (2005)

Cayman Islands

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

Costa Rica

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

Cuba

agriculture:
20%
industry:
19.4%
services:
60.6% (2005)

Dominica

agriculture:
40%
industry:
32%
services:
28% (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic

agriculture:
14.6%
industry:
22.3%
services:
63.1% (2005)

El Salvador

agriculture:
19%
industry:
23%
services:
58% (2006 est.)

Grenada

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

Guatemala

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

Haiti

agriculture:
66%
industry:
9%
services:
25% (1995)

Honduras

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

Jamaica

agriculture:
17%
industry:
19%
services:
64% (2006)

Netherlands Antilles

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

Nicaragua

agriculture:
29%
industry:
19%
services:
52% (2006 est.)

Panama

agriculture:
15%
industry:
18%
services:
67% (2006)

Puerto Rico

agriculture:
2.1%
industry:
19%
services:
79% (2005)

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.)

Trinidad and Tobago

agriculture 3.8%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 12.8%, construction and utilities 20.4%, services 62.9% (2007 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

46 entries

Albania

agriculture:
58%
industry:
15%
services:
27% (September 2006 est.)

Andorra

agriculture:
0.3%
industry:
20.8%
services:
79% (2007)

Austria

agriculture:
5.5%
industry:
27.5%
services:
67% (2005 est.)

Belarus

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

Belgium

agriculture:
2%
industry:
25%
services:
73% (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

agriculture:
19.8%
industry:
32.6%
services:
47.6% (2007)

Bulgaria

agriculture:
7.5%
industry:
35.5%
services:
57% (2007 est.)

Croatia

agriculture:
5%
industry:
31.3%
services:
63.6% (2008)

Czech Republic now Czechia

agriculture:
3.6%
industry:
40.2%
services:
56.2% (2007)

Denmark

agriculture:
2.9%
industry:
23.8%
services:
72.7% (2005 est.)

Estonia

agriculture:
4.7%
industry:
33.7%
services:
61.6% (2007)

European Union

agriculture:
5.6%
industry:
27.7%
services:
66.7% (2007 est.)

Faroe Islands

agriculture:
11.2%
industry:
21.9%
services:
66.9% (2007)

Finland

agriculture and forestry 4.5%, industry 18.3%, construction 7.3%, commerce 16%, finance, insurance, and business services 14.5%, transport and communications 7%, public services 32.4% (2008)

France

agriculture:
3.8%
industry:
24.3%
services:
71.8% (2005)

Germany

agriculture:
2.4%
industry:
29.7%
services:
67.8% (2005)

Gibraltar

agriculture:
negligible
industry:
40%
services:
60% (2001)

Greece

agriculture:
12.4%
industry:
22.4%
services:
65.1% (2005 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

Hungary

agriculture:
5%
industry:
32.4%
services:
62.6% (2005)

Ireland

agriculture:
6%
industry:
27%
services:
67% (2006 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% (2001)

Italy

agriculture:
4.2%
industry:
30.7%
services:
65.1% (2005)

Kosovo

agriculture:
16.5%
industry:
NA
services:
NA (2007 est.)

Latvia

agriculture:
12.1%
industry:
25.8%
services:
61.8% (2005 est.)

Liechtenstein

agriculture:
1.7%
industry:
43.5%
services:
55.4% (31 December 2006)

Lithuania

agriculture:
14%
industry:
29.1%
services:
56.9% (2005)

Luxembourg

agriculture:
2.2%
industry:
17.2%
services:
80.6% (2007 est.)

Malta

agriculture:
2.3%
industry:
29.6%
services:
68% (2005 est.)

Moldova

agriculture:
40.6%
industry:
16%
services:
43.3% (2005)

Montenegro

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

Netherlands

agriculture:
2%
industry:
18%
services:
80% (2005 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

agriculture:
19.6%
industry:
30.4%
services:
50% (September 2007)

Norway

agriculture:
2.9%
industry:
21.1%
services:
76% (2008)

Poland

agriculture:
17.4%
industry:
29.2%
services:
53.4% (2005)

Portugal

agriculture:
10%
industry:
30%
services:
60% (2007 est.)

Romania

agriculture:
29.7%
industry:
23.2%
services:
47.1% (2006)

San Marino

agriculture:
0.1%
industry:
37.7%
services:
62.2% (2008 est.)

Serbia

agriculture:
30%
industry:
46%
services:
24% (2002)

Slovakia

  • agriculture 4%,
  • industry 39%,
  • services 56.9% (30 September 2008)

Slovenia

agriculture:
2.5%
industry:
36%
services:
61.5% (2007)

Spain

agriculture:
4%
industry:
26.4%
services:
69.5% (2008 est.)

Sweden

agriculture:
1.1%
industry:
28.2%
services:
70.7% (2008 est.)

Switzerland

agriculture:
3.9%
industry:
22.8%
services:
73.2% (2005)

Ukraine

agriculture:
19.4%
industry:
24.2%
services:
56.4% (2005)

United Kingdom

agriculture:
1.4%
industry:
18.2%
services:
80.4% (2006 est.)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

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

Cyprus

agriculture:
8.5%
industry:
20.5%
services:
71% (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip

agriculture:
12%
industry:
5%
services:
83% (June 2008)

Iran

agriculture:
25%
industry:
31%
services:
45% (June 2007)

Iraq

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

Israel

agriculture:
2%
industry:
16%
services:
82% (30 September 2008)

Jordan

agriculture:
2.7%
industry:
20%
services:
77.4% (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:
6.7%
industry:
21.4%
services:
71.9% (2005 est.)

Syria

agriculture:
19.2%
industry:
14.5%
services:
66.3% (2006 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

agriculture:
29.5%
industry:
24.7%
services:
45.8% (2005)

United Arab Emirates

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

West Bank

agriculture:
17%
industry:
15%
services:
68% (June 2008)

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 13%,
  • construction 6%,
  • services 76%,
  • other 3% (2006)

Mexico

agriculture:
15.1%
industry:
25.7%
services:
59% (2005)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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

United States

farming, forestry, and fishing 0.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.6%, managerial, professional, and technical 35.5%, sales and office 24.8%, other services 16.5%

note: figures exclude the unemployed (2007)

Oceania

24 entries

American Samoa

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

Australia

agriculture:
3.6%
industry:
21.1%
services:
75% (2005 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

agriculture:
2.7%
industry:
32%
services:
65.3% (2000)

Marshall Islands

agriculture:
21.4%
industry:
20.9%
services:
57.7% (2000)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

agriculture:
0.9%
industry:
34.4%
services:
64.7%

note: two-thirds are government employees (FY05 est.)

Nauru

note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation (1992)

New Caledonia

agriculture:
20%
industry:
20%
services:
60% (2002)

New Zealand

agriculture:
7%
industry:
19%
services:
74% (2006 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:
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% (2005 est.)

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:
31.8%
industry:
30.6%
services:
37.6% (2003 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

13 entries

Argentina

agriculture:
1%
industry:
23%
services:
76% (2008 est.)

Bolivia

agriculture:
40%
industry:
17%
services:
43% (2006 est.)

Brazil

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

Chile

agriculture:
13.2%
industry:
23%
services:
63.9% (2005)

Colombia

agriculture:
22.4%
industry:
18.8%
services:
58.8% (2005 est.)

Ecuador

agriculture:
8.3%
industry:
21.2%
services:
70.4% (2005)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

agriculture:
95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)
industry and services:
5% (1996)

Guyana

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

Paraguay

agriculture:
31%
industry:
17%
services:
52% (2007)

Peru

agriculture:
0.7%
industry:
23.8%
services:
75.5% (2005)

Suriname

agriculture:
8%
industry:
14%
services:
78% (2004)

Uruguay

agriculture:
9%
industry:
15%
services:
76% (2007 est.)

Venezuela

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

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

agriculture:
4.5%
industry:
63.1%
services:
32.4% (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 6.1%, construction 1.9%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 42.9%, financing, insurance, and real estate 21.4%, transport and communications 7.9%, community and social services 19.7%

note: above data exclude public sector (2008 est.)

Indonesia

agriculture:
42.1%
industry:
18.6%
services:
39.3% (2006 est.)

Laos

agriculture:
80%
industry and services:
20% (2005 est.)

Macau

  • manufacturing 7.4%,
  • construction 12.6%,
  • transport and communications 5%,
  • wholesale and retail trade 12.5%,
  • restaurants and hotels 12.7%,
  • gambling 14%,
  • public sector 6%,
  • financial services 2.1%,
  • other services and agriculture 27.7% (2008 est.)

Malaysia

agriculture:
13%
industry:
36%
services:
51% (2005 est.)

Philippines

agriculture:
35%
industry:
15%
services:
50% (2008 est.)

Singapore

  • agriculture 0%,
  • industry 22.6%,
  • services 77.4% (2007)

Taiwan

agriculture:
5.1%
industry:
36.8%
services:
58% (2008 est.)

Thailand

agriculture:
42.6%
industry:
20.2%
services:
37.1% (2005 est.)

Timor-Leste

agriculture:
90%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA% (2006 est.)

Vietnam

agriculture:
55.6%
industry:
18.9%
services:
25.5% (July 2005)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2009, “Labor force - by occupation”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force-by-occupation/2009.

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