The CIA World Factbook Edition 2015 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 2015 edition carries it in 223 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2015 edition
223
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:
34.7%
industry:
22.4%
services:
42.9% (2009 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%
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 now Cote d'Ivoire

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

Djibouti

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

Egypt

agriculture:
29%
industry:
24%
services:
47% (2011 est.)

Eritrea

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

Swaziland now Eswatini

agriculture:
70%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Ethiopia

agriculture:
85%
industry:
5%
services:
10% (2009 est.)

Gabon

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

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

Ghana

agriculture:
44.7%
industry:
14.4%
services:
40.9% (2013 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% (2007 est.)

Lesotho

agriculture:
86%
industry and services:
14%

note: most of the resident population is engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa (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:
2%
services:
48% (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:
39.1%
industry:
20.3%
services:
40.5% (2014 est.)

Mozambique

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

Namibia

agriculture:
16.3%
industry:
22.4%
services:
61.3%

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 (2008 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, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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

Sao Tome And Principe now 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:
4%
industry:
18%
services:
66% (2014 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:
14.8%
industry:
33.2%
services:
51.7% (2014 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

2 entries

Greenland

agriculture:
13.9%
industry:
19.2%
services:
67% (2012 est.)

Iceland

agriculture:
4.8%
industry:
22.2%
services:
73% (2008)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

agriculture:
78.6%
industry:
5.7%
services:
15.7% (FY08/09 est.)

Armenia

agriculture:
39%
industry:
17%
services:
44% (2011 est.)

Azerbaijan

agriculture:
38.3%
industry:
12.1%
services:
49.6% (2008)

Bangladesh

agriculture:
47%
industry:
13%
services:
40% (2010 est.)

Bhutan

agriculture:
56%
industry:
22%
services:
22% (2013 est.)

China

agriculture:
33.6%
industry:
30.3%
services:
36.1%
  • (2012 est.)

Georgia

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

India

agriculture:
49%
industry:
20%
services:
31% (2012 est.)

Japan

agriculture:
2.9%
industry:
26.2%
services:
70.9% (2015 February est.)

Kazakhstan

agriculture:
25.8%
industry:
11.9%
services:
62.3% (2012 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

agriculture:
37%
industry and services:
63% (2008 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

agriculture:
5.7%
industry:
24%
services:
70.4% (2014 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

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

Maldives

agriculture:
15%
industry:
15%
services:
70% (2010 est.)

Mongolia

agriculture:
28.6%
industry:
21%
services:
50.4% (2014)

Nepal

agriculture:
75%
industry:
7%
services:
18% (2010 est.)

Pakistan

agriculture:
44%
industry:
22%
services:
33% (FY2013 est.)

Russia

agriculture:
9.7%
industry:
27.8%
services:
62.5% (2012)

Sri Lanka

agriculture:
31.8%
industry:
25.8%
services:
42.4% (June 2012)

Tajikistan

agriculture:
46.5%
industry:
10.7%
services:
42.8% (2013 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

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 now 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, followed by hotels and restaurants

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

agriculture:
3%
industry:
11%
tourism:
49%
other services:
37% (2011 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:
1.9%
industry:
19.1%
services:
79% (2008 est.)

Costa Rica

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

Cuba

agriculture:
18%
industry:
10%
services:
72% (2013 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%
services:
64.7% (2014 est.)

El Salvador

agriculture:
21%
industry:
20%
services:
58% (2011 est.)

Grenada

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

Guatemala

agriculture:
38%
industry:
14%
services:
48% (2011 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:
17%
industry:
19%
services:
64% (2006)

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)

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 now 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 now 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 now 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

47 entries

Albania

agriculture:
41.8%
industry:
11.4%
services:
46.8% (2015 est.)

Andorra

agriculture:
0.4%
industry:
4.7%
services:
94.9% (2010)

Austria

agriculture:
5.5%
industry:
26%
services:
68.5% (2012 est.)

Belarus

agriculture:
9.3%
industry:
32.7%
services:
58% (2014 est.)

Belgium

agriculture:
1.3%
industry:
18.6%
services:
80.1% (2013 est.)

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

agriculture:
19%
industry:
30%
services:
51% (2013)

Bulgaria

agriculture:
6.7%
industry:
30.2%
services:
63.1% (2013)

Croatia

agriculture:
1.9%
industry:
27.6%
services:
70.4% (2014)

Czech Republic now Czechia

agriculture:
2.6%
industry:
37.4%
services:
60% (2012)

Denmark

agriculture:
2.6%
industry:
20.3%
services:
77.1% (2011 est.)

Estonia

agriculture:
3.9%
industry:
28.4%
services:
67.7% (2014)

European Union

agriculture:
5.2%
industry:
22.7%
services:
72.2% (2012 est.)

Faroe Islands

agriculture:
10.7%
industry:
18.9%
services:
70.3% (November 2010)

Finland

agriculture and forestry:
4.4%
industry:
15.5%
construction:
7.1%
commerce:
21.3%
finance, insurance, and business services:
13.3%
transport and communications:
9.9%
public services:
28.5% (2011)

France

agriculture:
3%
industry:
21.3%
services:
75.7% (2013 est.)

Germany

agriculture:
1.6%
industry:
24.6%
services:
73.8%
  • (2011)

Gibraltar

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

Greece

agriculture:
12.9%
industry:
14.7%
services:
72.4% (2013 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:
7.1%
industry:
29.7%
services:
63.2% (2011 est.)

Ireland

agriculture:
5%
industry:
19%
services:
76% (2011 est.)

Isle Of Man now Isle of Man

agriculture, forestry, and fishing:
2%
manufacturing:
5%
construction:
8%
gas, electricity, and water:
1%
transport and communication:
9%
wholesale and retail distribution:
11%
professional and scientific services:
20%
public administration:
7%
banking and finance:
23%
tourism:
1%
entertainment and catering:
5%
miscellaneous services:
8% (2006)

Italy

agriculture:
3.9%
industry:
28.3%
services:
67.8% (2011)

Kosovo

agriculture:
5.9%
industry:
16.8%
services:
77.3% (2013)

Latvia

agriculture:
8.8%
industry:
24%
services:
67.2% (2010 est.)

Liechtenstein

agriculture:
0.8%
industry:
39.4%
services:
59.9% (2012)

Lithuania

agriculture:
7.9%
industry:
19.6%
services:
72.5% (2012 est.)

Luxembourg

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

Malta

agriculture:
1.5%
industry:
25.7%
services:
72.8% (2014)

Moldova

agriculture:
26.4%
industry:
13.2%
services:
60.4% (2012 est.)

Monaco

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

Montenegro

agriculture:
5.3%
industry:
17.9%
services:
76.8% (2014 est.)

Netherlands

agriculture:
1.8%
industry:
17%
services:
81.2% (2013 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

agriculture:
18.3%
industry:
29.1%
services:
52.6% (2014 est.)

Norway

agriculture:
2.2%
industry:
20.2%
services:
77.6% (2012)

Poland

agriculture:
12.9%
industry:
30.2%
services:
57% (2010)

Portugal

agriculture:
8.6%
industry:
23.9%
services:
67.5% (2014 est.)

Romania

agriculture:
27.9%
industry:
28.2%
services:
43.9% (2013)

San Marino

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

Serbia

agriculture:
21.9%
industry:
15.6%
services:
62.5% (2014 est.)

Slovakia

agriculture:
3.5%
industry:
25.9%
services:
70.6% (2014)

Slovenia

agriculture:
2.2%
industry:
35%
services:
62.8% (2009)

Spain

agriculture:
2.9%
industry:
15%
services:
58.4% (2014 est.)

Sweden

agriculture:
2%
industry:
12%
services:
86% (2014 est.)

Switzerland

agriculture:
3.4%
industry:
23.4%
services:
73.2% (2010)

Ukraine

agriculture:
5.6%
industry:
26%
services:
68.4%
  • (2012)

United Kingdom

agriculture:
1.3%
industry:
15.2%
services:
83.5% (2014 est.)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

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

Cyprus

agriculture:
3.9%
industry:
16%
services:
80.1% (2013 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 14.5%, industry: 29%, services: 56.5% (2004)

Gaza Strip

agriculture:
8.4%
industry:
12.3%
services:
79.3%

note: data exclude West Bank (2013 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.)

Israel

agriculture:
1.6%
industry:
18.1%
services:
80.3% (2012)

Jordan

agriculture:
2%
industry:
20%
services:
78% (2013 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:
17%
industry:
16%
services:
67% (2008 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

agriculture:
25.5%
industry:
26.2%
services:
48.4% (2010)

United Arab Emirates

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

West Bank

agriculture:
11.5%
industry:
34.4%
services:
54.1%

note: includes Gaza Strip (2013 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

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

agriculture:
2%
industry:
15%
services:
83% (2013 est.)

Canada

agriculture:
2%
manufacturing:
13%
construction:
6%
services:
76%
other:
3% (2006 est.)

Mexico

agriculture:
13.4%
industry:
24.1%
services:
61.9% (2011)

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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

United States

farming, forestry, and fishing:

0.7%

manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: 20.3%

managerial, professional, and technical:
37.3%
sales and office:
24.2%
other services:
17.6%

note: figures exclude the unemployed

  • (2009)

Oceania

24 entries

American Samoa

agriculture:
NA
industry:
13.1%
services:
86.9% (2013)

Australia

agriculture:
3.6%
industry:
21.1%
services:
75% (2009 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% (2013 est.)

Guam

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

Kiribati

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

Marshall Islands

agriculture:
11%
industry:
16.3%
services:
72.7% (2011 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

agriculture:
0.9%
industry:
5.2%
services:
93.9%

note: two-thirds of the labor force are government employees (2013 est.)

Nauru

note: most of the labor force is employed in phosphate mining, public administration, education, and transportation

New Caledonia

agriculture:
2.7%
industry:
22.4%
services:
74.9% (2010)

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:
6%
industry:
14%
services:
80% (2006 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

agriculture:
1.9%
industry:
10%
services:
88.1% (2010 est.)

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:
65%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%

Solomon Islands

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

Tonga

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

Tuvalu

note: people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and through overseas remittances (mostly from workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)

Vanuatu

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

Wallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna

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

South America

13 entries

Argentina

agriculture:
5%
industry:
23%
services:
72% (2009 est.)

Bolivia

agriculture:
32%
industry:
20%
services:
47.9% (2009 est.)

Brazil

agriculture:
15.7%
industry:
13.3%
services:
71%
  • (2011 est.)

Chile

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

Colombia

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

Ecuador

agriculture:
27.8%
industry:
17.8%
services:
54.4% (2012 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

Guyana

agriculture:
NA%
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)

Suriname

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

Uruguay

agriculture:
13%
industry:
14%
services:
73% (2010 est.)

Venezuela

agriculture:
7.3%
industry:
21.8%
services:
70.9% (4th quarter, 2011 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

agriculture:
4.2%
industry:
62.8%
services:
33% (2008 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

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

Cambodia

agriculture:
48.7%
industry:
19.9%
services:
31.5% (2013 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

manufacturing:
3.8%
construction:
2.8%
wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels:
53.3%
financing, insurance, and real estate:
12.5%
transport and communications:
10.1%
community and social services:
17.1%

note: above data exclude public sector (2013 est.)

Indonesia

agriculture:
38.9%
industry:
13.2%
services:
47.9% (2012 est.)

Laos

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

Macau

manufacturing:
2.5%
construction:
9.8%
transport and communications:
4.4%
wholesale and retail trade:
12.4%
restaurants and hotels:
15%
gambling:
25.9%
public sector:
7.1%
financial services:
2.6%
other services:
20.3% (2013)

Malaysia

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

Philippines

agriculture:
30%
industry:
16%
services:
54% (2014 est.)

Singapore

agriculture:
1.3%
industry:
14.8%
services:
83.9%

note: excludes non-residents (2014)

Taiwan

agriculture:
5%
industry:
36.1%
services:
58.9% (2014 est.)

Thailand

agriculture:
32.2%
industry:
16.7%
services:
51.1% (2014 est.)

Timor-Leste

agriculture:
64%
industry:
10%
services:
26% (2010)

Vietnam

agriculture:
48%
industry:
21%
services:
31% (2012)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2015, “Labor force - by occupation”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force-by-occupation/2015.

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