The World Factbook. 2008.
Labor force—by occupation
| Country | Labor force—by occupation |
| Afghanistan | agriculture: 80% industry: 10% services: 10% (2004 est.) |
| Albania | agriculture: 58% industry: 15% services: 27% (September 2006 est.) |
| Algeria | agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% (2003 est.) |
| American Samoa | agriculture: 34% industry: 33% services: 33% (1990) |
| Andorra | agriculture: 0.3% industry: 20.3% services: 79.4% (2005) |
| Angola | agriculture: 85% industry and services: 15% (2003 est.) |
| 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) |
| Argentina | agriculture: 1% industry: 23% services: 76% (2007 est.) |
| Armenia | agriculture: 46.2% industry: 15.6% services: 38.2% (2006 est.) |
| 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 |
| Australia | agriculture: 3.6% industry: 21.2% services: 75.2% (2004 est.) |
| Austria | agriculture: 3% industry: 27% services: 70% (2005 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | agriculture: 41% industry: 7% services: 52% (2001) |
| Bahamas, The | agriculture 5%, industry 5%, tourism 50%, other services 40% (2005 est.) |
| Bahrain | agriculture: 1% industry: 79% services: 20% (1997 est.) |
| Bangladesh | agriculture: 63% industry: 11% services: 26% (FY95/96) |
| Barbados | agriculture: 10% industry: 15% services: 75% (1996 est.) |
| Belarus | agriculture: 14% industry: 34.7% services: 51.3% (2003 est.) |
| Belgium | agriculture: 1.3% industry: 24.5% services: 74.2% (2003 est.) |
| Belize | agriculture: 22.5% industry: 15.2% services: 62.3% (2005 est.) |
| Bermuda | agriculture and fishing 3%, laborers 17%, clerical 19%, professional and technical 21%, administrative and managerial 15%, sales 7%, services 19% (2004 est.) |
| Bhutan | agriculture: 63% industry: 6% services: 31% (2004 est.) |
| Bolivia | agriculture: 40% industry: 17% services: 43% (2006 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Botswana | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Brazil | agriculture: 20% industry: 14% services: 66% (2003 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | agriculture: 0.6% industry: 40% services: 59.4% (2005) |
| Brunei | agriculture: 2.9% industry: 61.1% services: 36% (2003 est.) |
| Bulgaria | agriculture: 8.5% industry: 33.6% services: 57.9% (2nd qtr. 2006 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | agriculture: 90% industry and services: 10% (2000 est.) |
| Burma | agriculture: 70% industry: 7% services: 23% (2001 est.) |
| Burundi | agriculture: 93.6% industry: 2.3% services: 4.1% (2002 est.) |
| Cambodia | agriculture: 75% industry: NA% services: NA% (2004 est.) |
| Cameroon | agriculture: 70% industry: 13% services: 17% (2001 est.) |
| Canada | agriculture 2%, manufacturing 13%, construction 6%, services 76%, other 3% (2006) |
| Cayman Islands | agriculture: 1.4% industry: 12.6% services: 86% (1995) |
| Chad | agriculture: 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing) industry and services: 20% (2006 est.) |
| Chile | agriculture: 13.6% industry: 23.4% services: 63% (2003) |
| China | agriculture: 43% industry: 25% services: 32% (2006 est.) |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others |
| Colombia | agriculture: 22.7% industry: 18.7% services: 58.5% (2000 est.) |
| Comoros | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (1996 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Cook Islands | agriculture: 29% industry: 15% services: 56% (1995) |
| Costa Rica | agriculture: 14% industry: 22% services: 64% (2006 est.) |
| Croatia | agriculture: 2.7% industry: 32.8% services: 64.5% (2004) |
| Cuba | agriculture: 20% industry: 19.4% services: 60.6% (2005) |
| Cyprus | area under government control: agriculture 7.4%, industry 38.2%, services 54.4% (2004 est.) area administered by Turkish Cypriots: agriculture 14.5%, industry 29%, services 56.5% (2004 est.) |
| Czech Republic | agriculture: 4.1% industry: 37.6% services: 58.3% (2003) |
| Denmark | agriculture: 3% industry: 21% services: 76% (2004 est.) |
| Djibouti | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Dominica | agriculture: 40% industry: 32% services: 28% (2000 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | agriculture: 17% industry: 24.3% services: 58.7% (1998 est.) |
| Ecuador | agriculture: 8% industry: 24% services: 68% (2001) |
| Egypt | agriculture: 32% industry: 17% services: 51% (2001 est.) |
| El Salvador | agriculture: 19% industry: 23% services: 58% (2006 est.) |
| Eritrea | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2004 est.) |
| Estonia | agriculture: 11% industry: 20% services: 69% (1999 est.) |
| Ethiopia | agriculture: 80% industry: 8% services: 12% (1985) |
| European Union | agriculture: 4.4% industry: 27.1% services: 67.1% note: the remainder is in miscellaneous public and private sector industries and services (2002 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | agriculture: 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing) industry and services: 5% (1996) |
| Faroe Islands | agriculture: 33% industry: 33% services: 34% (October 2000) |
| Fiji | agriculture: 70% industry and services: 30% (2001 est.) |
| Finland | agriculture and forestry 4.4%, industry 17.5%, construction 6%, commerce 22%, finance, insurance, and business services 12%, transport and communications 8%, public services 30.2% (2000 est.) |
| France | agriculture: 4.1% industry: 24.4% services: 71.5% (1999) |
| French Polynesia | agriculture: 13% industry: 19% services: 68% (2002) |
| Gabon | agriculture: 60% industry: 15% services: 25% |
| Gambia, The | agriculture: 75% industry: 19% services: 6% (1996) |
| Gaza Strip | agriculture: 12% industry: 18% services: 70% (2005) |
| Georgia | agriculture: 55.6% industry: 8.9% services: 35.5% (2006 est.) |
| Germany | agriculture: 2.8% industry: 33.4% services: 63.8% (1999) |
| Ghana | agriculture: 56% industry: 15% services: 29% (2005 est.) |
| Gibraltar | agriculture: negligible industry: 40% services: 60% (2001) |
| Greece | agriculture: 12% industry: 20% services: 68% (2004 est.) |
| Grenada | agriculture: 24% industry: 14% services: 62% (1999 est.) |
| Guam | agriculture: 26% industry: 10% services: 64% (2004 est.) |
| Guatemala | agriculture: 50% industry: 15% services: 35% (1999 est.) |
| Guinea | agriculture: 76% industry and services: 24% (2006 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | agriculture: 82% industry and services: 18% (2000 est.) |
| Guyana | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Haiti | agriculture: 66% industry: 9% services: 25% (1995) |
| 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 |
| Honduras | agriculture: 34% industry: 23% services: 43% (2003 est.) |
| Hong Kong | manufacturing 6.5%, construction 2.1%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.3%, financing, insurance, and real estate 20.7%, transport and communications 7.8%, community and social services 19.5% note: above data exclude public sector (2007 est.) |
| Hungary | agriculture: 5.5% industry: 33.3% services: 61.2% (2003) |
| Iceland | agriculture: 5.1% industry: 23% services: 71.4% (2005) |
| India | agriculture: 60% industry: 12% services: 28% (2003) |
| Indonesia | agriculture: 43.3% industry: 18% services: 38.7% (2004 est.) |
| Iran | agriculture: 25% industry: 31% services: 45% (June 2007) |
| Iraq | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| 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) |
| Israel | agriculture 18.5%, industry 23.7%, services 50%, other 7.8% (2002) |
| Italy | agriculture: 5% industry: 32% services: 63% (2001) |
| Jamaica | agriculture: 17% industry: 19% services: 64% (2006) |
| Japan | agriculture: 4.6% industry: 27.8% services: 67.7% (2004) |
| Jordan | agriculture: 5% industry: 12.5% services: 82.5% (2001 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | agriculture: 20% industry: 30% services: 50% (2002 est.) |
| Kenya | agriculture: 75% industry and services: 25% (2003 est.) |
| Kiribati | agriculture: 2.7% industry: 32% services: 65.3% (2000) |
| Korea, North | agriculture: 37% industry and services: 63% (2004 est.) |
| Korea, South | agriculture: 7.5% industry: 17.3% services: 75.2% (2007) |
| Kosovo | agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA |
| Kosovo | agriculture: 21.4% industry: NA services: NA (2006) |
| Kuwait | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Kyrgyzstan | agriculture: 55% industry: 15% services: 30% (2000 est.) |
| Laos | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2005 est.) |
| Latvia | agriculture: 13% industry: 19% services: 68% (2005 est.) |
| Lebanon | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| 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.) |
| Liechtenstein | agriculture: 2% industry: 47% services: 51% (31 December 2001) |
| Lithuania | agriculture: 15.8% industry: 28.2% services: 56% (2004) |
| Luxembourg | agriculture: 1% industry: 13% services: 86% (2004 est.) |
| Macau | manufacturing 11.1%, construction 11.7%, transport and communications 6.3%, wholesale and retail trade 13.7%, restaurants and hotels 11.3%, gambling 19.8%, public sector 7.7%, financial services 2.6%, other services and agriculture 15.7% (2006) |
| Macedonia | agriculture: 21.7% industry: 32.6% services: 45.7% (September 2006) |
| Malawi | agriculture: 90% industry and services: 10% (2003 est.) |
| Malaysia | agriculture: 13% industry: 36% services: 51% (2005 est.) |
| Maldives | agriculture: 22% industry: 18% services: 60% (1995) |
| Mali | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2001 est.) |
| Malta | agriculture: 3% industry: 22% services: 75% (2005 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | agriculture: 21.4% industry: 20.9% services: 57.7% (2000) |
| 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) |
| Mexico | agriculture: 18% industry: 24% services: 58% (2003) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | agriculture: 0.9% industry: 34.4% services: 64.7% note: two-thirds are government employees (FY05 est.) |
| Moldova | agriculture: 40.7% industry: 12.1% services: 47.2% (2005 est.) |
| Mongolia | agriculture: 39.9% industry: 11.7% services: 49.4% (2006) |
| Montenegro | agriculture: 2% industry: 30% services: 68% (2004 est.) |
| 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.) |
| Nauru | note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation (1992) |
| Nepal | agriculture: 76% industry: 6% services: 18% (2004 est.) |
| Netherlands | agriculture: 3% industry: 21% services: 76% (2005 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles | agriculture: 1% industry: 20% services: 79% (2005 est.) |
| New Caledonia | agriculture: 20% industry: 20% services: 60% (2002) |
| New Zealand | agriculture: 7% industry: 19% services: 74% (2006 est.) |
| Nicaragua | agriculture: 29% industry: 19% services: 52% (2006 est.) |
| Niger | agriculture: 90% industry: 6% services: 4% (1995) |
| Nigeria | agriculture: 70% industry: 10% services: 20% (1999 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% |
| Norway | agriculture: 4% industry: 22% services: 74% (1995) |
| Oman | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Pakistan | agriculture: 42% industry: 20% services: 38% (2004 est.) |
| Palau | agriculture: 20% industry: NA% services: NA% (1990) |
| Panama | agriculture: 15% industry: 18% services: 67% (2006 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | agriculture: 85% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Paraguay | agriculture: 31% industry: 17% services: 52% (2007) |
| Peru | agriculture: 9% industry: 18% services: 73% (2001) |
| Philippines | agriculture: 35% industry: 15% services: 50% (2007 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing |
| Poland | agriculture: 16.1% industry: 29% services: 54.9% (2002) |
| Portugal | agriculture: 10% industry: 30% services: 60% (2001 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | agriculture: 3% industry: 20% services: 77% (2000 est.) |
| Romania | agriculture: 31.6% industry: 30.7% services: 37.7% (2004) |
| Russia | agriculture: 10.8% industry: 28.8% services: 60.5% (November 2007 est.) |
| Rwanda | agriculture: 90% industry and services: 10% (2000) |
| Saint Helena | agriculture: 6% industry: 48% services: 46% (1987 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 Pierre and Miquelon | agriculture: 18% industry: 41% services: 41% (1996 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | agriculture: 26% industry: 17% services: 57% (1980 est.) |
| Samoa | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| San Marino | agriculture: 0.2% industry: 40.1% services: 59.7% (2006 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | note: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers |
| Saudi Arabia | agriculture: 12% industry: 25% services: 63% (1999 est.) |
| Senegal | agriculture: 77% industry and services: 23% (1990 est.) |
| Serbia | agriculture: 30% industry: 46% services: 24% note: excludes Kosovo and Montenegro (2002) |
| Seychelles | agriculture: 10% industry: 19% services: 71% (1989) |
| Sierra Leone | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Singapore | manufacturing 21%, construction 5%, transportation and communication 7%, financial, business, and other services 42%, other 25% (2006) |
| Slovakia | agriculture 5.8%, industry 29.3%, construction 9%, services 55.9% (2003) |
| Slovenia | agriculture: 2.5% industry: 36% services: 61.5% (2007) |
| Solomon Islands | agriculture: 75% industry: 5% services: 20% (2000 est.) |
| Somalia | agriculture: 71% industry and services: 29% (1975) |
| South Africa | agriculture: 9% industry: 26% services: 65% (2007 est.) |
| Spain | agriculture: 5.3% industry: 30.1% services: 64.6% (2004 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | agriculture: 34.3% industry: 25.3% services: 40.4% (30 June 2006 est.) |
| Sudan | agriculture: 80% industry: 7% services: 13% (1998 est.) |
| Suriname | agriculture: 8% industry: 14% services: 78% (2004) |
| Swaziland | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Sweden | agriculture: 2% industry: 24% services: 74% (2000 est.) |
| Switzerland | agriculture: 4.6% industry: 26.3% services: 69.1% (1998) |
| Syria | agriculture: 26% industry: 14% services: 60% (2003 est.) |
| Taiwan | agriculture: 5.3% industry: 36.8% services: 57.9% (2007 est.) |
| Tajikistan | agriculture: 67.2% industry: 7.5% services: 25.3% (2000 est.) |
| Tanzania | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2002 est.) |
| Thailand | agriculture: 49% industry: 14% services: 37% (2000 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Togo | agriculture: 65% industry: 5% services: 30% (1998 est.) |
| Tonga | agriculture: 65% industry and services: 35% (1997 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | agriculture 4%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 12.9%, construction and utilities 17.5%, services 65.6% (2006 est.) |
| Tunisia | agriculture: 55% industry: 23% services: 22% (1995 est.) |
| Turkey | agriculture: 35.9% industry: 22.8% services: 41.2% (3rd quarter, 2004) |
| Turkmenistan | agriculture: 48.2% industry: 13.8% services: 37% (2003 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | note: about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services |
| 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) |
| Uganda | agriculture: 82% industry: 5% services: 13% (1999 est.) |
| Ukraine | agriculture: 25% industry: 20% services: 55% (1996) |
| United Arab Emirates | agriculture: 7% industry: 15% services: 78% (2000 est.) |
| United Kingdom | agriculture: 1.4% industry: 18.2% services: 80.4% (2006 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) |
| Uruguay | agriculture: 9% industry: 15% services: 76% (2007 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | agriculture: 44% industry: 20% services: 36% (1995) |
| Vanuatu | agriculture: 65% industry: 5% services: 30% (2000 est.) |
| Venezuela | agriculture: 13% industry: 23% services: 64% (1997 est.) |
| Vietnam | agriculture: 55.6% industry: 18.9% services: 25.5% (July 2005) |
| Virgin Islands | agriculture: 1% industry: 19% services: 80% (2003 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna | agriculture: 80% industry: 4% services: 16% (2001 est.) |
| West Bank | agriculture: 18% industry: 15% services: 67% (2006) |
| Western Sahara | agriculture: 50% industry and services: 50% |
| World | agriculture: 40% industry: 20.5% services: 39.4% (2007 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 |
| Zambia | agriculture: 85% industry: 6% services: 9% (2004) |
| Zimbabwe | agriculture: 66% industry: 10% services: 24% (1996) |