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Labor > Labor force > By occupation: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION
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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Statistics for Labor > Labor force > By occupation

Agriculture

Statistics and graphs related to agriculture are found here. How many agricultural workers are there per hectare? Tractors? Which country produces the maximum cotton? Who is the biggest exporter of bananas? Click in if these interest you.

TOP STATS: Arable land > Hectares, Rural population, Agricultural land > Sq. km and 322 more

Background

What is the background of the country? National bird? Get a quick summary of countries in this section.

TOP STATS: Overview, National tree, Full name and 21 more

Conflict

TOP STATS: Terrorism > Global Terrorism Index, Civil war and unrest > Arab Spring death toll, War > World War I > Total deaths and 29 more

Cost of living

TOP STATS: Average monthly disposable salary > After tax, Local purchasing power, Prices at markets > Cigarettes > Pack of Marlboro and 52 more

Crime

No explanation needed for this section. Murders. Guns. Jails. Crimes. Judges. We have all of that and more out here. Actually we go deeper than your routine crime beat sections. How many adults were prosecuted? What percentage were convicted? How many were women? What is the death penalty rate in different countries? How safe do the citizens perceive they are? Do they trust the police? Will they report a crime? You'll find surprising answers here.

TOP STATS: Violent crime > Murder rate, Violent crime > Murder rate per million people, Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate and 183 more

Culture

TOP STATS: Happy Planet Index, Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts, Food and drink > Beer consumption and 67 more

Disasters

The tsunami rocked the civilized world with its widespread devastation. Learn the details of the losses incurred by the countries affected. How are the developed countries helping out? Who has pledged the most money? How do they compare? Check out...

TOP STATS: Chernobyl > Contaminated area (percent of country), Storm deaths > 2009, Tsunami > Death toll and 47 more

Economy

This category is all about money. GDP. Aid. Gross national income. Debt. Inflation. Trade balance. Foreign investment. Government spending. You get the idea.

TOP STATS: GDP, GDP per capita, Gross National Income and 3717 more

Education

Any and every statistic which can be collected about schooling and the whole education sector can be found here. What is the duration of education in different countries? Is the percentage of enrollment different for sexes? How long do students spend learning their mother tongues? What is the mathematical aptitude of the average 8 year old? How many university degrees are awarded to females? What is the percentage of students who find school boring? We've tabulated them all for you.

TOP STATS: Children out of school, primary, Pupil-teacher ratio, primary, Compulsary education duration and 908 more

Energy

How does your country fare in Traditional Fuel Consumption? In Geothermal Energy Consumption? How many barrels of oil were imported into your country last year? Does your production of hydroelectricity match your consumption? Which countries in the world successfully produce nuclear energy for consumption? What is the average energy usage per person? All your questions regarding different forms of energy, their generation and consumption have been answered here.

TOP STATS: Commercial energy use, Electricity > Consumption > Per capita, Electricity > Consumption and 2387 more

Environment

How much area is declared as protected in the different countries of the world? How many endangered species of reptiles, mammals, birds etc are found in different countries? What are the national levels of pollution? Emissions? Nuclear waste generation? Salination of water resources and expenditure for waste treatment. International treaties, ratification and complaince. You'll find almost all statistics related to environmental pollution and conservational efforts here.

TOP STATS: Marine fish catch, Ecological footprint, Pollution perceptions > Air pollution and 331 more

Geography

All the stats pertaining to the physical features of the country in question can be found here. This implies that if you are looking for the co-ordinates or map references of countries, the land area, climate, boundaries, terrain, natural resources or coastlines, your search ends here.

TOP STATS: Land area > Square miles, Area > Comparative, Climate and 102 more

Government

This category is all about the functioning of the government machinery. So, you'll find stats on the goverment administrative divisions, the executive, legistative and judiciary branches, constitution, parliamentary seats, secession attemps, suffrage, corruption - everything connected with our esteemed politicians.

TOP STATS: Government type, Legal system, Legislative branch and 392 more

Health

Statistics about the health of a country's citizens are present in this category. You can find stats related to birth weights, rates on smoking, HIV incidence, incidence of cancer, circulatory and other diseases, stats on infant and maternal mortality, life expectancy, suicide rates, teenage pergnancy and other health related topics. We also have some details on health expenditure and health care funding out here.

TOP STATS: Physicians > Per 1,000 people, Births and maternity > Total fertility rate, Human height > Average female height and 529 more

Industry

Lists all industry related stats like production of cars, buses trucks, LCVs, different industries like biotech firms and so on.

TOP STATS: Manufacturing output, Manufacturing, value added > Current US$ per capita, Manufacturing, value added > Current US$ and 94 more

Labor

You can find detailed stats on the economic activity of the labor force broken over different age-groups and sexes. We also have stats on employment in different sectors, trade union memberships, the average work time, the average number of days the workers take off or even just don't show up! How many female decision makers does a country have? Doctors? What is the normal gender division of the housework? What are the unemployment details and benefits available? How long does an average person need to work to buy a loaf of bread? A car? A television set? Compare these values for different countries.

TOP STATS: Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage, Average monthly wage > Local currency > Net, Labor force > By occupation and 374 more

Language

What are the main languages spoken in the countries? How many English language speakers are there per country? How about French and Spanish? Check out the results here..

TOP STATS: Languages, Major language(s), French status and 21 more

Lifestyle

Here we rank countries based on amphetamine and cannabis use. But more interestingly, we go into their mindset. What do the citizens of different countries think of their armed forces? Will they report a crime? Do they trust their neighbours? What about their governments? Are they happy with life in general? How charitable are they? What is their political orientation? Are they proud of their countries? Will they fight for their countries? This is an utterly captivating category.

TOP STATS: Quality of life index, Happiness level > Very happy, Happiness net and 110 more

Media

Countries are ranked here depending on the penetration level of computers, phones, fax machines, radios, television sets, mobile phones etc. We also have other stats related to media like vastness of different networks, revenue and employment in different telecom sectors here.

TOP STATS: Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita, Internet > Internet users per thousand people, Internet users and 429 more

Military

Want to know the size of the army in Iran? The number of tanks in Germany? Want to compare the weapon holdings in North and South Korea? Worried about the WMDs world over? Need to know the exact number of countries who have signed terrorism conventions? Or just curious about the coalition forces in the Gulf War? We've tried to collect all details available in the public domain for you here.

TOP STATS: Air force > Combat aircraft, Army > Main battle tanks, Budget and 285 more

People

Facts relating to the actual life of people are found here. So we have birth and death rates, marriage and divorce rates, single parents, one-person households and teenage pregnancies, size of households and elderly institutions, ethnicity and chinese population - just about every stat you always wanted to know! What is the average age of women when they first get married? How happy are they when compared to their mothers? What is the gender development index in different countries? What will the population be in 2020? Don't miss this category even if you didn't come searching for it specifically.

TOP STATS: Population, Age distribution > Population aged 0-14, Population > Population growth, past and future and 1058 more

Religion

Where else could you find the number of Catholics, Catholic priests, Catholic parishes, Jehovahs Witnesses and the number of permanent deacons, and compare them all between major nations in a per-capita format? Check them all here.

TOP STATS: Religions, Religions > All, Major religion(s) and 111 more

Sports

Who scored the maximum medals in the olympics? What about the summer and winter olympics? What are the latest FIFA rankings? Which country has the maximum number of Mt. Everest ascents? Get all the answers in this sports section.

TOP STATS: Chess > GrandMasters, Chess > GrandMasters per million, Winter olympic medals > All time and 508 more

Terrorism

This is a category which needs particular highlighting as the growing concern and need for awareness continues to press upon our front pages, in the minds of our leadership and politicians, and indeed, in our everyday conversations. We hope to expand this category into timely and essential data you can rely on to make sense of global and national security, political and societal violence, and our perceptions which are shaped by these notions.

TOP STATS: Global Terrorism Indicator, Number of Known Terrorist Organizations Present, Background and 30 more

Transport

Here you can find the numbers on the different modes of transportation. How many cars does a country have? Airports? What is the lenght of its highways? What proportion is paved? What about runways, heliports and ports? Lets not leave out waterways or the merchant navy. We have them all here.

TOP STATS: Road > Motor vehicles per 1000 people, Road network length > Km, Road density > Km of road per 100 sq. km of land area and 446 more

Travel

TOP STATS: Inbound tourism > Arrivals, Outbound tourism > Departures, Inbound tourism > Tourist expenditure per capita and 19 more

Weather

TOP STATS: Temperature > Highest temperature ever recorded, Precipitation, Precipitation per capita and 4 more

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COUNTRIES COVERED
Agriculture 188
Industry 162
Industry and services 22
Note 15
Services 163

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