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COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
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Afghanistan | agriculture 80%, industry 10%, services 10% |
Albania | agriculture 57%, non-agricultural private sector 20%, public sector 23% |
Algeria | agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% |
American Samoa | tuna canneries 34%, government 33%, other 33% |
Andorra | agriculture 1%, industry 21%, services 78% |
Angola | agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% |
Anguilla | agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%, services 29% |
Argentina | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA% |
Armenia | agriculture 45%, industry 25%, services 30% |
Aruba | most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining |
Australia | agriculture 3.7%, industry 26.4%, services 70% |
Austria | agriculture and forestry 4%, industry and crafts 29%, services 67% |
Azerbaijan | agriculture and forestry 41%, industry 7%, services 52% |
Bahrain | agriculture 1%, industry, commerce, and services 79%, government 20% |
Bangladesh | agriculture 63%, services 26%, industry 11% (FY 95/96) |
Barbados | agriculture 10%, industry 15%, services 75% |
Belarus | agriculture 14%, industry 34.7%, services 51.3% |
Belgium | agriculture 1.3%, industry 24.5%, services 74.2% |
Belize | agriculture 27%, industry 18%, services 55% |
Bermuda | agriculture and fishing 3%, laborers 17%, clerical 19%, professional and technical 21%, administrative and managerial 15%, sales 7%, services 19% |
Bhutan | agriculture 93%, industry and commerce 2%, services 5% |
Bolivia | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA |
Brazil | agriculture 20%, industry 14%, services 66% |
British Virgin Islands | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA% |
Brunei | agriculture, forestry, and fishing 10%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 42%, government 48% |
Bulgaria | agriculture 26%, industry 31%, services 43% |
Burkina Faso | agriculture 90% |
Burma | agriculture 70%, industry 7%, services 23% |
Burundi | agriculture 93.6%, industry 2.3%, services 4.1% |
Cambodia | agriculture 75% |
Cameroon | agriculture 70%, industry and commerce 13%, other 17% |
Canada | agriculture 2%, manufacturing 13%, construction 6%, services 76%, other 3% |
Cayman Islands | agriculture 1.4%, industry 12.6%, services 86% |
Chad | agriculture more than 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing) |
Chile | agriculture 13.6%, industry 23.4%, services 63% |
China | agriculture 49%, industry 22%, services 29% |
Christmas Island | tourism 400 people, mining 100 people |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 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% |
Comoros | agriculture 80% |
Cook Islands | agriculture 29%, industry 15%, services 56%; note: shortage of skilled labor |
Costa Rica | agriculture 20%, industry 22%, services 58% |
Croatia | agriculture 2.7%, industry 32.8%, services 64.5% |
Cuba | agriculture 21.2%, industry 14.4%, services 64.4% |
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: services 75.6%, industry 19.4%, agriculture 4.9% (2003); north Cyprus: services 68.9%, industry 20.5%, agriculture 10.6% |
Czech Republic | agriculture 4%, industry 38%, services 58% |
Denmark | agriculture 4%, industry 17%, services 79% |
Dominica | agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28% |
Dominican Republic | agriculture 17%, industry 24.3%, services and government 58.7% |
Ecuador | agriculture 8%, industry 24%, services 68% |
Egypt | agriculture 32%, industry 17%, services 51% |
El Salvador | agriculture 17.1%, industry 17.1%, services 65.8% |
Eritrea | agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% |
Estonia | agriculture 11%, industry 20%, services 69% |
European Union | agriculture 4.5%, industry 27.4%, services 66.9%; note: the remainder is in miscellaneous public and private sector industries and services |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | agriculture 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing) |
Faroe Islands | fishing, fish processing, and manufacturing 33%, construction and private services 33%, public services 34% |
Federated States of Micronesia | two-thirds are government employees |
Fiji | agriculture, including subsistence agriculture 70% |
Finland | agriculture and forestry 4.4%, industry 18.6%, construction 6%, commerce 16.3%, finance, insurance, and business services 13.9%, transport and communications 7.6%, public services 33.2% |
France | agriculture 4.1%, industry 24.4%, services 71.5% |
French Polynesia | agriculture 13%, industry 19%, services 68% |
Gabon | agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25% |
Gaza Strip | agriculture 11.9%, industry 18%, services 70.1% |
Georgia | agriculture 40%, industry 20%, services 40% |
Germany | agriculture 2.8%, industry 33.4%, services 63.8% |
Ghana | agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25% |
Gibraltar | agriculture negligible, industry 40%, services 60% |
Greece | agriculture 12%, industry 20%, services 68% |
Grenada | agriculture 24%, industry 14%, services 62% |
Guam | private 74% (industry 10%, trade 24%, other services 40%), federal and territorial government 26% |
Guatemala | agriculture 50%, industry 15%, services 35% |
Guinea | agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% |
Guinea-Bissau | agriculture 82% |
Guyana | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA% |
Haiti | agriculture 66%, industry 9%, services 25% |
Holy See (Vatican City) | essentially services with a small amount of industry; note - dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican |
Honduras | agriculture 34%, industry 21%, services 45% |
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 |
Hungary | agriculture 6.2%, industry 27.1%, services 66.7% |
Iceland | agriculture, fishing and fish processing 10.3%, industry 18.3%, services 71.4% |
India | agriculture 60%, industry 17%, services 23% |
Indonesia | agriculture 45%, industry 16%, services 39% |
Iran | agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% |
Iraq | agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA |
Ireland | agriculture 8%, industry 29%, services 64% |
Israel | agriculture 18.5%, industry 23.7%, services 50%, other 7.8% |
Italy | agriculture 5%, industry 32%, services 63% |
Jamaica | agriculture 20.1%, industry 16.6%, services 63.4% |
Japan | agriculture 4.6%, industry 27.8%, services 67.7% |
Jordan | agriculture 5%, industry 12.5%, services 82.5% |
Kazakhstan | agriculture 20%, industry 30%, services 50% |
Kenya | agriculture 75% |
Kiribati | 2.70213%, 32%, 65.3% |
Kuwait | agriculture NA, industries NA, services NA |
Kyrgyzstan | agriculture 55%, industry 15%, services 30% |
Laos | agriculture 80% |
Latvia | agriculture 15%, industry 25%, services 60% |
Lebanon | agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA |
Lesotho | 86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa |
Liberia | agriculture 70%, industry 8%, services 22% |
Libya | agriculture 17%, industry 29%, services 54% |
Liechtenstein | agriculture 1.3%, industry 47.4%, services 51.3% |
Lithuania | agriculture 20%, industry 30%, services 50% |
Luxembourg | agriculture 1%, industry 13%, services 86% |
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% |
Malawi | agriculture 90% |
Malaysia | agriculture 14.5%, industry 36%, services 49.5% |
Maldives | agriculture 22%, industry 18%, services 60% |
Mali | agriculture and fishing 80% |
Malta | agriculture 5%, industry 24%, services 71% |
Marshall Islands | agriculture 21.4%, industry 20.9%, services 57.7% |
Martinique | agriculture 10%, industry 17%, services 73% |
Mauritania | agriculture 50%, industry 10%, services 40% |
Mauritius | agriculture and fishing 14%, construction and industry 36%, transportation and communication 7%, trade, restaurants, hotels 16%, finance 3%, other services 24% |
Mexico | agriculture 18%, industry 24%, services 58% |
Moldova | agriculture 40%, industry 14%, services 46% |
Mongolia | herding/agriculture 42%, mining 4%, manufacturing 6%, trade 14%, services 29%, public sector 5% |
Montserrat | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA% |
Morocco | agriculture 40%, industry 15%, services 45% |
Mozambique | agriculture 81%, industry 6%, services 13% |
Namibia | agriculture 47%, industry 20%, services 33% |
Nauru | employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation |
Nepal | agriculture 81%, industry 3%, services 16% |
Netherlands | agriculture 4%, industry 23%, services 73% |
Netherlands Antilles | agriculture 1%, industry 13%, services 86% |
New Caledonia | agriculture 7%, industry 23%, services 70% |
New Zealand | agriculture 10%, industry 25%, services 65% |
Nicaragua | agriculture 30.5%, industry 17.3%, services 52.2% |
Niger | agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 6%, government 4% |
Nigeria | agriculture 70%, industry 10%, services 20% |
Niue | most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board |
Norfolk Island | tourism 90%, subsistence agriculture 10% |
North Korea | agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64% |
Norway | agriculture, forestry, and fishing 4%, industry 22%, services 74% |
Oman | agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA |
Pakistan | agriculture 42%, industry 20%, services 38% |
Palau | agriculture 20%, industry NA, services NA |
Panama | agriculture 20.8%, industry 18%, services 61.2% |
Papua New Guinea | agriculture 85%, industry NA, services NA |
Paraguay | agriculture 45% |
Peru | agriculture 5.9%, mining and quarrying 0.4%, manufacturing 12.6%, construction 5.3%, commerce 26.3%, household work 4.9%, other services 44.6% |
Philippines | agriculture 36%, industry 16%, services 48% |
Pitcairn Islands | no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing |
Poland | agriculture 16.1%, industry 29%, services 54.9% |
Portugal | agriculture 10%, industry 30%, services 60% |
Puerto Rico | agriculture 3%, industry 20%, services 77% |
Reunion | agriculture 13%, industry 12%, services 75% |
Romania | agriculture 31.6%, industry 30.7%, services 37.7% |
Russia | agriculture 10.3%, industry 21.4%, services 68.3% |
Rwanda | agriculture 90% |
Saint Lucia | agriculture 21.7%, industry, commerce, and manufacturing 24.7%, services 53.6% |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | fishing 18%, industry (mainly fish-processing) 41%, services 41% |
San Marino | agriculture 1%, industry 42%, services 57% |
Sao Tome and Principe | population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; note: shortages of skilled workers |
Saudi Arabia | agriculture 12%, industry 25%, services 63% |
Senegal | agriculture 77% |
Serbia and Montenegro | agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA |
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% |
Slovakia | agriculture 5.8%, industry 29.3%, construction 9%, services 55.9% |
Slovenia | agriculture 6%, industry 40%, services 55% |
Solomon Islands | agriculture 75%, industry 5%, services 20% |
Somalia | agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry and services 29% |
South Africa | agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% |
South Korea | agriculture 8%, industry 19%, services 73% |
Spain | agriculture 5.3%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 30.1%, services 64.6% |
Sri Lanka | agriculture 38%, industry 17%, services 45% |
Sudan | agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 7%, government 13% |
Suriname | agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA% |
Sweden | agriculture 2%, industry 24%, services 74% |
Switzerland | agriculture 4.6%, industry 26.3%, services 69.1% |
Syria | agriculture, industry, services NA |
Taiwan | agriculture 6%, industry 35.8%, services 58.2% |
Tajikistan | agriculture 67.2%, industry 7.5%, services 25.3% |
Tanzania | agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% |
Thailand | agriculture 49%, industry 14%, services 37% |
The Bahamas | agriculture 5%, industry 5%, tourism 50%, other services 40% |
The Gambia | agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 6% |
Togo | agriculture 65%, industry 5%, services 30% |
Tonga | agriculture 65% |
Trinidad and Tobago | agriculture 4%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 12.9%, construction and utilities 17.5%, services 65.6% |
Tunisia | services 55%, industry 23%, agriculture 22% |
Turkey | agriculture 35.9%, industry 22.8%, services 41.2% (3rd quarter, 2004) |
Turkmenistan | agriculture 48.2%, industry 13.8%, services 37% |
Turks and Caicos Islands | about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services |
Tuvalu | 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% |
Ukraine | agriculture 24%, industry 32%, services 44% |
United Arab Emirates | agriculture 7%, industry 15%, services 78% |
United Kingdom | agriculture 1.5%, industry 19.1%, services 79.5% |
United States | farming, forestry, and fishing 0.7%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.9%, managerial, professional, and technical 34.9%, sales and office 25%, other services 16.5%; note: figures exclude the unemployed |
Uruguay | agriculture 14%, industry 16%, services 70% |
Uzbekistan | agriculture 44%, industry 20%, services 36% |
Vanuatu | agriculture 65%, industry 5%, services 30% |
Venezuela | agriculture 13%, industry 23%, services 64% |
Vietnam | agriculture 63%, industry and services 37% |
Virgin Islands | agriculture 1%, industry 19%, services 80% |
Wallis and Futuna | agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% |
West Bank | agriculture 18.4%, industry 24%, services 57.6% |
Western Sahara | animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50% |
Yemen | 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% |
Zimbabwe | agriculture 66%, industry 10%, services 24% |
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Background
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Crime
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Culture
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Transport
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COUNTRIES COVERED
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Agriculture | 188 |
Industry | 162 |
Industry and services | 22 |
Note | 15 |
Services | 163 |