The CIA World Factbook Edition 2022 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 2022 edition carries it in 225 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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225
the first edition with it
1999
the latest edition with it
2023

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World

1 entry

World

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

Africa

49 entries

Algeria

agriculture:
10.8%
industry:
30.9%
services:
58.4% (2011 est.)

Angola

agriculture:
85%
industry:
15% (2015 est.)
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:
20% (2006 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.)

Cote d'Ivoire

agriculture:
68% (2007 est.)

Djibouti

agriculture:
NA
industry:
NA
services:
NA

Egypt

agriculture:
25.8%
industry:
25.1%
services:
49.1% (2015 est.)

Eritrea

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

Eswatini

agriculture:
10.7%
industry:
30.4%
services:
58.9% (2014 est.)

Ethiopia

agriculture:
72.7%
industry:
7.4%
services:
19.9% (2013 est.)

Gabon

agriculture:
64%
industry:
12%
services:
24% (2005 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

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

Ghana

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

Guinea

agriculture:
76%
industry:
24% (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

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

Kenya

agriculture:
61.1%
industry:
6.7%
services:
32.2% (2005 est.)

Lesotho

agriculture:
86%
industry and services:
14% (2002 est.)

note: most of the resident population is engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa

Liberia

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

Libya

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

Malawi

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

Mali

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

Mauritania

agriculture:
50%
industry:
1.9%
services:
48.1% (2014 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

Niger

agriculture:
79.2%
industry:
3.3%
services:
17.5% (2012 est.)

Nigeria

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

Rwanda

agriculture:
75.3%
industry:
6.7%
services:
18% (2012 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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

Sao Tome and Principe

agriculture:
26.1%
industry:
21.4%
services:
52.5% (2014 est.)

Senegal

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

Seychelles

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

Sierra Leone

agriculture:
61.1%
industry:
5.5%
services:
33.4% (2014 est.)

Somalia

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

South Africa

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

Sudan

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

Tanzania

agriculture:
66.9%
industry:
6.4%
services:
26.6% (2014 est.)

Togo

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

Tunisia

agriculture:
14.8%
industry:
33.2%
services:
51.7% (2014 est.)

Uganda

agriculture:
71%
industry:
7%
services:
22% (2013 est.)

Zambia

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

Zimbabwe

agriculture:
67.5%
industry:
7.3%
services:
25.2% (2017 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

agriculture:
15.9%
industry:
10.1%
services:
73.9% (2015 est.)

Iceland

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

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

agriculture:
44.3%
industry:
18.1%
services:
37.6% (2017 est.)

Armenia

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

Azerbaijan

agriculture:
37%
industry:
14.3%
services:
48.9% (2014)

Bangladesh

agriculture:
42.7%
industry:
20.5%
services:
36.9% (2016 est.)

Bhutan

agriculture:
58%
industry:
20%
services:
22% (2015 est.)

China

agriculture:
27.7%
industry:
28.8%
services:
43.5% (2016 est.)

Georgia

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

India

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

Japan

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

Kazakhstan

agriculture:
18.1%
industry:
20.4%
services:
61.6% (2017 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

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

Korea, South now South Korea

agriculture:
4.8%
industry:
24.6%
services:
70.6% (2017 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

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

Maldives

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

Mongolia

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

Nepal

agriculture:
69%
industry:
12%
services:
19% (2015 est.)

Pakistan

agriculture:
42.3%
industry:
22.6%
services:
35.1% (FY2015 est.)

Russia

agriculture:
9.4%
industry:
27.6%
services:
63% (2016 est.)

Sri Lanka

agriculture:
27%
industry:
26%
services:
47% (31 December 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

30 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.)

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% (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.)

El Salvador

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

Grenada

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

Guatemala

agriculture:
31.4%
industry:
12.8%
services:
55.8% (2017 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

48 entries

Albania

agriculture:
41.4%
industry:
18.3%
services:
40.3% (2017 est.)

Andorra

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

Austria

agriculture:
0.7%
industry:
25.2%
services:
74.1% (2017 est.)

Belarus

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

Belgium

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

agriculture:
18%
industry:
30.4%
services:
51.7% (2017 est.)

Bulgaria

agriculture:
6.8%
industry:
26.6%
services:
66.6% (2016 est.)

Croatia

agriculture:
1.9%
industry:
27.3%
services:
70.8% (2017 est.)

Czechia

agriculture:
2.8%
industry:
38%
services:
59.2% (2015)

Denmark

agriculture:
2.4%
industry:
18.3%
services:
79.3% (2016 est.)

Estonia

agriculture:
2.7%
industry:
20.5%
services:
76.8% (2017 est.)

European Union

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

Faroe Islands

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

Finland

agriculture:
4%
industry:
20.7%
services:
75.3% (2017 est.)

France

agriculture:
2.8% (2016 est.)
industry:
20% (2016 est.)
services:
77.2% (2016 est.)

Germany

agriculture:
1.4%
industry:
24.2%
services:
74.3% (2016)

Gibraltar

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

Greece

agriculture:
12.6%
industry:
15%
services:
72.4% (30 October 2015 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:
4.9%
industry:
30.3%
services:
64.5% (2015 est.)

Ireland

agriculture:
5%
industry:
11%
services:
84% (2015 est.)

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.)

Italy

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

Jersey

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

Kosovo

agriculture:
4.4%
industry:
17.4%
services:
78.2% (2017 est.)

Latvia

agriculture:
7.7%
industry:
24.1%
services:
68.1% (2016 est.)

Liechtenstein

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

Lithuania

agriculture:
9.1%
industry:
25.2%
services:
65.8% (2015 est.)

Luxembourg

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

Malta

agriculture:
1.6%
industry:
20.7%
services:
77.7% (2016 est.)

Moldova

agriculture:
32.3%
industry:
12%
services:
55.7% (2017 est.)

Monaco

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

Montenegro

agriculture:
7.9%
industry:
17.1%
services:
75% (2017 est.)

Netherlands

agriculture:
1.2%
industry:
17.2%
services:
81.6% (2015 est.)

North Macedonia

agriculture:
16.2%
industry:
29.2%
services:
54.5% (2017 est.)

Norway

agriculture:
2.1%
industry:
19.3%
services:
78.6% (2016 est.)

Poland

agriculture:
11.5%
industry:
30.4%
services:
57.6% (2015)

Portugal

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

Romania

agriculture:
28.3%
industry:
28.9%
services:
42.8% (2014)

San Marino

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

Serbia

agriculture:
19.4%
industry:
24.5%
services:
56.1% (2017 est.)

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

agriculture:
5.5%
industry:
31.2%
services:
63.3% (2017 est.)

Spain

agriculture:
4.2%
industry:
24%
services:
71.7% (2009)

Sweden

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

Switzerland

agriculture:
3.3%
industry:
19.8%
services:
76.9% (2015)

Ukraine

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

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:
3.8%
industry:
15.2%
services:
81% (2014 est.)

Gaza Strip

agriculture:
5.2%
industry:
10%
services:
84.8% (2015 est.)

note: data exclude the West Bank

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

Jordan

agriculture:
2%
industry:
20%
services:
78% (2013 est.)

Kuwait

agriculture:
NA
industry:
NA
services:
NA

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.)

Syria

agriculture:
17%
industry:
16%
services:
67% (2008 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

agriculture:
18.4%
industry:
26.6%
services:
54.9% (2016)

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

5 entries

Bermuda

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

Canada

agriculture:
2%
industry:
13%
services:
6%
industry and services:
76%
manufacturing:
3% (2006 est.)

Mexico

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

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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

United States

agriculture:
0.7% (2009)
industry:
20.3% (2009)
services:
37.3% (2009)
industry and services:
24.2% (2009)
manufacturing:
17.6% (2009)
farming, forestry, and fishing:
0.7% (2009)
  • manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: 20.3% (2009)
managerial, professional, and technical:
37.3% (2009)
sales and office:
24.2% (2009)
other services:
17.6% (2009)

note: figures exclude the unemployed

Oceania

24 entries

American Samoa

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

Australia

agriculture:
3.6%
industry:
21.1%
services:
75.3% (2009 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)

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% (2013 est.)

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

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:
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)

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:
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)

Vanuatu

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

Wallis and Futuna

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

South America

13 entries

Argentina

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

Bolivia

agriculture:
29.4%
industry:
22%
services:
48.6% (2015 est.)

Brazil

agriculture:
9.4%
industry:
32.1%
services:
58.5% (2017 est.)

Chile

agriculture:
9.2%
industry:
23.7%
services:
67.1% (2013)

Colombia

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

Ecuador

agriculture:
26.1%
industry:
18.4%
services:
55.5% (2017 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

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 est.)

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

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

Indonesia

agriculture:
32%
industry:
21%
services:
47% (2016 est.)

Laos

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

Macau

agriculture:
2.5%
industry:
9.8%
services:
4.4%
industry and services:
12.4%
agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining:
15%
manufacturing:
25.9%
construction:
7.1%
transportation and utilities:
2.6%
commerce:
20.3% (2013 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.)

Thailand

agriculture:
31.8%
industry:
16.7%
services:
51.5% (2015 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 2022, “Labor force - by occupation”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force-by-occupation/2022.

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