Labor force - by occupation
| Afghanistan | agriculture: 44.3% industry: 18.1% services: 37.6% (2017 est.) |
| Albania | agriculture: 41.4% industry: 18.3% services: 40.3% (2017 est.) |
| Algeria | agriculture: 10.8% industry: 30.9% services: 58.4% (2011 est.) |
| American Samoa | agriculture: NA industry: 15.5% services: 46.4% (2015 est.) |
| Andorra | agriculture: 0.5% industry: 4.4% services: 95.1% (2015) |
| Angola | agriculture: 85% industry: 15% (2015 est.) industry and services: 15% (2003 est.) |
| 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.) |
| Argentina | agriculture: 5.3% industry: 28.6% services: 66.1% (2017 est.) |
| Armenia | agriculture: 36.3% industry: 17% services: 46.7% (2013 est.) |
| Aruba | agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA note: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade, followed by hotels and restaurants |
| Australia | agriculture: 3.6% industry: 21.1% services: 75.3% (2009 est.) |
| Austria | agriculture: 0.7% industry: 25.2% services: 74.1% (2017 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | agriculture: 37% industry: 14.3% services: 48.9% (2014) |
| Bahamas, The | agriculture: 3% industry: 11% services: 49% tourism: 37% (2011 est.) |
| Bahrain | agriculture: 1% industry: 32% services: 67% (2004 est.) |
| Bangladesh | agriculture: 42.7% industry: 20.5% services: 36.9% (2016 est.) |
| Barbados | agriculture: 10% industry: 15% services: 75% (1996 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.) |
| Belize | agriculture: 10.2% industry: 18.1% services: 71.7% (2007 est.) |
| Bermuda | agriculture: 2% industry: 13% services: 85% (2016 est.) |
| Bhutan | agriculture: 58% industry: 20% services: 22% (2015 est.) |
| Bolivia | agriculture: 29.4% industry: 22% services: 48.6% (2015 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | agriculture: 18% industry: 30.4% services: 51.7% (2017 est.) |
| Botswana | agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA |
| Brazil | agriculture: 9.4% industry: 32.1% services: 58.5% (2017 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | agriculture: 0.6% industry: 40% services: 59.4% (2005) |
| Brunei | agriculture: 4.2% industry: 62.8% services: 33% (2008 est.) |
| Bulgaria | agriculture: 6.8% industry: 26.6% services: 66.6% (2016 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: 48.7% industry: 19.9% services: 31.5% (2013 est.) |
| Cameroon | agriculture: 70% industry: 13% services: 17% (2001 est.) |
| Canada | agriculture: 2% industry: 13% services: 6% industry and services: 76% manufacturing: 3% (2006 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | agriculture: 1.9% industry: 19.1% services: 79% (2008 est.) |
| Chad | agriculture: 80% industry: 20% (2006 est.) |
| Chile | agriculture: 9.2% industry: 23.7% services: 67.1% (2013) |
| China | agriculture: 27.7% industry: 28.8% services: 43.5% (2016 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 |
| Colombia | agriculture: 17% industry: 21% services: 62% (2011 est.) |
| Comoros | agriculture: 80% industry: 20% (1996 est.) industry and services: 20% (1996 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA |
| Congo, Republic of the | agriculture: 35.4% industry: 20.6% services: 44% (2005 est.) |
| Cook Islands | agriculture: 29% industry: 15% services: 56% (1995) |
| Costa Rica | agriculture: 14% industry: 22% services: 64% (2006 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | agriculture: 68% (2007 est.) |
| Croatia | agriculture: 1.9% industry: 27.3% services: 70.8% (2017 est.) |
| Cuba | agriculture: 18% industry: 10% services: 72% (2016 est.) |
| Curacao | agriculture: 1.2% industry: 16.9% services: 81.8% (2008 est.) |
| Cyprus | agriculture: 3.8% industry: 15.2% services: 81% (2014 est.) |
| Denmark | agriculture: 2.4% industry: 18.3% services: 79.3% (2016 est.) |
| Djibouti | agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA |
| Dominica | agriculture: 40% industry: 32% services: 28% (2002 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | agriculture: 14.4% industry: 20.8% (2014) services: 64.7% (2014 est.) |
| Ecuador | agriculture: 26.1% industry: 18.4% services: 55.5% (2017 est.) |
| Egypt | agriculture: 25.8% industry: 25.1% services: 49.1% (2015 est.) |
| El Salvador | agriculture: 21% industry: 20% services: 58% (2011 est.) |
| Eritrea | agriculture: 80% industry: 20% (2004 est.) |
| Estonia | agriculture: 2.7% industry: 20.5% services: 76.8% (2017 est.) |
| Ethiopia | agriculture: 72.7% industry: 7.4% services: 19.9% (2013 est.) |
| European Union | agriculture: 5% industry: 21.9% services: 73.1% (2014 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | agriculture: 41% industry: 24.5% services: 34.5% (2015 est.) |
| Faroe Islands | agriculture: 15% industry: 15% services: 70% (December 2016 est.) |
| Fiji | agriculture: 44.2% industry: 14.3% services: 41.6% (2011) |
| 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.) |
| French Polynesia | agriculture: 13% industry: 19% services: 68% (2013 est.) |
| Gabon | agriculture: 64% industry: 12% services: 24% (2005 est.) |
| Gambia, The | agriculture: 75% industry: 19% services: 6% (1996 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | agriculture: 5.2% industry: 10% services: 84.8% (2015 est.) note: data exclude the West Bank |
| Georgia | agriculture: 55.6% industry: 8.9% services: 35.5% (2006 est.) |
| Germany | agriculture: 1.4% industry: 24.2% services: 74.3% (2016) |
| Ghana | agriculture: 44.7% industry: 14.4% services: 40.9% (2013 est.) |
| Gibraltar | agriculture: NEGL industry: 1.8% services: 98.2% (2014 est.) |
| Greece | agriculture: 12.6% industry: 15% services: 72.4% (30 October 2015 est.) |
| Greenland | agriculture: 15.9% industry: 10.1% services: 73.9% (2015 est.) |
| Grenada | agriculture: 11% industry: 20% services: 69% (2008 est.) |
| Guam | agriculture: 0.3% industry: 21.6% services: 78.1% (2013 est.) |
| Guatemala | agriculture: 31.4% industry: 12.8% services: 55.8% (2017 est.) |
| Guinea | agriculture: 76% industry: 24% (2006 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | agriculture: 82% industry and services: 18% (2000 est.) |
| Guyana | agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA |
| Haiti | agriculture: 38.1% industry: 11.5% services: 50.4% (2010) |
| 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: 39.2% industry: 20.9% services: 39.8% (2005 est.) |
| 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 |
| Hungary | agriculture: 4.9% industry: 30.3% services: 64.5% (2015 est.) |
| Iceland | agriculture: 4.8% industry: 22.2% services: 73% (2008) |
| India | agriculture: 47% industry: 22% services: 31% (FY 2014 est.) |
| Indonesia | agriculture: 32% industry: 21% services: 47% (2016 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.) |
| Ireland | agriculture: 5% industry: 11% services: 84% (2015 est.) |
| Israel | agriculture: 1.1% industry: 17.3% services: 81.6% (2015 est.) |
| Italy | agriculture: 3.9% industry: 28.3% services: 67.8% (2011) |
| Jamaica | agriculture: 16.1% industry: 16% services: 67.9% (2017) |
| Japan | agriculture: 2.9% industry: 26.2% services: 70.9% (February 2015 est.) |
| Jersey | agriculture: 3% industry: 12% services: 85% (2014 est.) |
| Jordan | agriculture: 2% industry: 20% services: 78% (2013 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | agriculture: 18.1% industry: 20.4% services: 61.6% (2017 est.) |
| Kenya | agriculture: 61.1% industry: 6.7% services: 32.2% (2005 est.) |
| Kiribati | agriculture: 15% industry: 10% services: 75% (2010) |
| Korea, North | agriculture: 37% industry: 63% (2008 est.) |
| Korea, South | agriculture: 4.8% industry: 24.6% services: 70.6% (2017 est.) |
| Kosovo | agriculture: 4.4% industry: 17.4% services: 78.2% (2017 est.) |
| Kuwait | agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA |
| Kyrgyzstan | agriculture: 48% industry: 12.5% services: 39.5% (2005 est.) |
| Laos | agriculture: 73.1% industry: 6.1% services: 20.6% (2012 est.) |
| Latvia | agriculture: 7.7% industry: 24.1% services: 68.1% (2016 est.) |
| Lebanon | agriculture: 39% NA (2009 est.) industry: NA services: NA |
| 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.) |
| 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.) |
| 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.) |
| Malawi | agriculture: 76.9% industry: 4.1% services: 19% (2013 est.) |
| Malaysia | agriculture: 11% industry: 36% services: 53% (2012 est.) |
| Maldives | agriculture: 7.7% industry: 22.8% services: 69.5% (2017 est.) |
| Mali | agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2005 est.) |
| Malta | agriculture: 1.6% industry: 20.7% services: 77.7% (2016 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | agriculture: 11% industry: 16.3% services: 72.7% (2011 est.) |
| Mauritania | agriculture: 50% industry: 1.9% services: 48.1% (2014 est.) |
| Mauritius | agriculture: 8% industry: 29.8% services: 62.2% (2014 est.) |
| Mexico | agriculture: 13.4% industry: 24.1% services: 61.9% (2011) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | agriculture: 0.9% industry: 5.2% services: 93.9% (2013 est.) note: two-thirds of the labor force are government employees |
| Moldova | agriculture: 32.3% industry: 12% services: 55.7% (2017 est.) |
| Monaco | agriculture: 0% industry: 16.1% services: 83.9% (2012 est.) |
| Mongolia | agriculture: 31.1% industry: 18.5% services: 50.5% (2016) |
| Montenegro | agriculture: 7.9% industry: 17.1% services: 75% (2017 est.) |
| Montserrat | agriculture: 1.4% industry: 12.7% services: 85.9% (2017 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 |
| Nauru | note: most of the labor force is employed in phosphate mining, public administration, education, and transportation |
| Nepal | agriculture: 69% industry: 12% services: 19% (2015 est.) |
| Netherlands | agriculture: 1.2% industry: 17.2% services: 81.6% (2015 est.) |
| 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.) |
| Nicaragua | agriculture: 31% industry: 18% services: 50% (2011 est.) |
| Niger | agriculture: 79.2% industry: 3.3% services: 17.5% (2012 est.) |
| 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: 6% industry: 14% services: 80% (2006 est.) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | agriculture: 1.9% industry: 10% services: 88.1% (2010 est.) |
| Norway | agriculture: 2.1% industry: 19.3% services: 78.6% (2016 est.) |
| Oman | agriculture: 4.7% NA industry: 49.6% NA services: 45% NA (2016 est.) |
| Pakistan | agriculture: 42.3% industry: 22.6% services: 35.1% (FY2015 est.) |
| Palau | agriculture: 1.2% industry: 12.4% services: 86.4% (2016) |
| Panama | agriculture: 17% industry: 18.6% services: 64.4% (2009 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | agriculture: 85% 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) |
| Philippines | agriculture: 25.4% industry: 18.3% services: 56.3% (2017 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing |
| Poland | agriculture: 11.5% industry: 30.4% services: 57.6% (2015) |
| Portugal | agriculture: 8.6% industry: 23.9% services: 67.5% (2014 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | agriculture: 2.1% industry: 19% services: 79% (2005 est.) |
| Romania | agriculture: 28.3% industry: 28.9% services: 42.8% (2014) |
| Russia | agriculture: 9.4% industry: 27.6% services: 63% (2016 est.) |
| Rwanda | agriculture: 75.3% industry: 6.7% services: 18% (2012 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: 65% industry: 6% services: 29% (2015 est.) |
| San Marino | agriculture: 0.2% industry: 33.5% services: 66.3% (September 2013 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | agriculture: 26.1% industry: 21.4% services: 52.5% (2014 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | agriculture: 6.7% industry: 21.4% services: 71.9% (2005 est.) |
| Senegal | agriculture: 77.5% industry: 22.5% industry and services: 22.5% (2007 est.) |
| Serbia | agriculture: 19.4% industry: 24.5% services: 56.1% (2017 est.) |
| Seychelles | agriculture: 3% industry: 23% services: 74% (2006) |
| Sierra Leone | agriculture: 61.1% industry: 5.5% services: 33.4% (2014 est.) |
| Singapore | agriculture: 0.7% industry: 25.6% services: 73.7% (2017) note: excludes non-residents |
| Sint Maarten | agriculture: 1.1% industry: 15.2% services: 83.7% (2008 est.) |
| Slovakia | agriculture: 3.9% industry: 22.7% services: 73.4% (2015) |
| Slovenia | agriculture: 5.5% industry: 31.2% services: 63.3% (2017 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | agriculture: 75% industry: 5% services: 20% (2000 est.) |
| Somalia | agriculture: 71% industry: 29% industry and services: 29% (1975) |
| South Africa | agriculture: 4.6% industry: 23.5% services: 71.9% (2014 est.) |
| Spain | agriculture: 4.2% industry: 24% services: 71.7% (2009) |
| Sri Lanka | agriculture: 27% industry: 26% services: 47% (31 December 2016) |
| Sudan | agriculture: 80% industry: 7% services: 13% (1998 est.) |
| Suriname | agriculture: 11.2% industry: 19.5% services: 69.3% (2010) |
| Sweden | agriculture: 2% industry: 12% services: 86% (2014 est.) |
| Switzerland | agriculture: 3.3% industry: 19.8% services: 76.9% (2015) |
| Syria | agriculture: 17% industry: 16% services: 67% (2008 est.) |
| Taiwan | agriculture: 4.9% industry: 35.9% services: 59.2% (2016 est.) |
| Tajikistan | agriculture: 43% industry: 10.6% services: 46.4% (2016 est.) |
| Tanzania | agriculture: 66.9% industry: 6.4% services: 26.6% (2014 est.) |
| Thailand | agriculture: 31.8% industry: 16.7% services: 51.5% (2015 est.) |
| Togo | agriculture: 65% industry: 5% services: 30% (1998 est.) |
| Tonga | agriculture: 2,006% (2006 est.) industry: 27.5% (2006 est.) services: 2,006% (2006 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | agriculture: 3.1% industry: 11.5% services: 85.4% (2016 est.) |
| Tunisia | agriculture: 14.8% industry: 33.2% services: 51.7% (2014 est.) |
| Turkey | agriculture: 18.4% industry: 26.6% services: 54.9% (2016) |
| Turkmenistan | agriculture: 48.2% industry: 14% services: 37.8% (2004 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: 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) |
| Uganda | agriculture: 71% industry: 7% services: 22% (2013 est.) |
| Ukraine | agriculture: 5.8% industry: 26.5% services: 67.8% (2014) |
| United Arab Emirates | agriculture: 7% industry: 15% services: 78% (2000 est.) |
| United Kingdom | agriculture: 1.3% industry: 15.2% services: 83.5% (2014 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 |
| Uruguay | agriculture: 13% industry: 14% services: 73% (2010 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | agriculture: 25.9% industry: 13.2% services: 60.9% (2012 est.) |
| Vanuatu | agriculture: 65% industry: 5% services: 30% (2000 est.) |
| Venezuela | agriculture: 7.3% industry: 21.8% services: 70.9% (4th quarter, 2011 est.) |
| Vietnam | agriculture: 40.3% industry: 25.7% services: 34% (2017) |
| Virgin Islands | agriculture: 1% industry: 19% services: 80% (2003 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna | agriculture: 74% industry: 3% services: 23% (2015 est.) |
| West Bank | agriculture: 11.5% industry: 34.4% services: 54.1% (2013 est.) note: excludes Gaza Strip |
| World | agriculture: 31% industry: 23.5% services: 45.5% (2014 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: 54.8% industry: 9.9% services: 35.3% (2017 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | agriculture: 67.5% industry: 7.3% services: 25.2% (2017 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
