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This is a list of countries by sector composition of the labor force, mostly based on World Bank and The World Factbook. [1]
| Country (or area) | Agriculture [%] [2] | Industry [%] [3] | Services [%] [4] | Date of information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan *
|
46 | 18 | 36 | 2020 |
Albania *
|
35 | 22 | 44 | 2021 |
Algeria *
|
10 | 31 | 59 | 2021 |
American Samoa *
|
34 | 33 | 33 | 1990 |
Andorra *
|
0.4 | 4.7 | 94.9 | 2010 |
Angola *
|
59 | 8 | 34 | 2021 |
Anguilla *
|
4 | 3 | 92 | 2000 est. |
Antigua and Barbuda *
|
7 | 11 | 82 | 1983 |
Argentina *
|
8 | 20 | 72 | 2021 |
Armenia *
|
30 | 18 | 52 | 2021 |
Australia *
|
2 | 19 | 79 | 2021 |
Austria *
|
4 | 26 | 71 | 2021 |
Azerbaijan *
|
34 | 15 | 50 | 2021 |
Bahamas *
|
3 | 12 | 85 | 2021 |
Bahrain *
|
1 | 35 | 64 | 2021 |
Bangladesh *
|
37 | 22 | 41 | 2021 |
Barbados *
|
3 | 17 | 81 | 2021 |
Belarus *
|
8 | 33 | 59 | 2021 |
Belgium *
|
1 | 19 | 80 | 2021 |
Belize *
|
21 | 19 | 60 | 2021 |
Benin *
|
28 | 23 | 49 | 2021 |
Bermuda *
|
3 | 17 | 80 | 2004 est. |
Bhutan *
|
56 | 10 | 34 | 2021 |
Bolivia *
|
29 | 19 | 52 | 2021 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina *
|
11 | 34 | 54 | 2021 |
Botswana *
|
23 | 15 | 62 | 2021 |
Brazil *
|
10 | 21 | 70 | 2021 |
British Virgin Islands *
|
0.6 | 40 | 59.4 | 2005 |
Brunei *
|
1 | 24 | 74 | 2021 |
Bulgaria *
|
6 | 31 | 63 | 2021 |
Burkina Faso *
|
73 | 7 | 20 | 2021 |
Burma *
|
46 | 19 | 35 | 2020 |
Burundi *
|
86 | 4 | 11 | 2021 |
Cambodia *
|
39 | 25 | 36 | 2021 |
Cameroon *
|
43 | 16 | 42 | 2021 |
Canada *
|
1 | 19 | 79 | 2021 |
Cape Verde *
|
11 | 22 | 67 | 2021 |
Cayman Islands *
|
1.9 | 19.1 | 79 | 2008 est. |
Central African Republic *
|
69 | 7 | 25 | 2021 |
Chad *
|
69 | 10 | 21 | 2021 |
| Channel Islands | 2 | 25 | 72 | 2021 |
Chile *
|
7 | 23 | 70 | 2021 |
China *
|
24 | 28 | 47 | 2021 |
Colombia *
|
16 | 20 | 64 | 2021 |
Comoros *
|
35 | 20 | 45 | 2021 |
Congo *
|
36 | 21 | 43 | 2021 |
Cook Islands *
|
29 | 15 | 56 | 2006 est. |
Costa Rica *
|
17 | 17 | 66 | 2021 |
Croatia *
|
7 | 29 | 64 | 2021 |
Cuba *
|
18 | 17 | 65 | 2021 |
Cyprus *
|
3 | 18 | 79 | 2021 |
Czech Republic *
|
3 | 37 | 61 | 2021 |
Denmark *
|
2 | 19 | 79 | 2021 |
Djibouti *
|
1 | 6 | 93 | 2021 |
Dominica *
|
40 | 32 | 28 | 2000 est. |
Dominican Republic *
|
8 | 20 | 71 | 2021 |
DR Congo *
|
55 | 10 | 35 | 2021 |
Ecuador *
|
32 | 17 | 51 | 2021 |
Egypt *
|
20 | 29 | 51 | 2021 |
El Salvador *
|
15 | 24 | 61 | 2021 |
Equatorial Guinea *
|
56 | 14 | 31 | 2021 |
Eritrea *
|
62 | 9 | 29 | 2021 |
Estonia *
|
3 | 29 | 68 | 2021 |
Ethiopia *
|
64 | 10 | 26 | 2021 |
European Union *
|
4 | 25 | 71 | 2021 |
Falkland Islands *
|
95 | [a]5 | 5 | 1996 |
Faroe Islands *
|
10.2 | 20.5 | 69.2 | 2008 |
Fiji *
|
29 | 15 | 56 | 2021 |
Finland *
|
4 | 21 | 74 | 2021 |
France *
|
3 | 19 | 78 | 2021 |
French Polynesia *
|
2 | 15 | 83 | 2021 |
Gabon *
|
29 | 16 | 55 | 2021 |
Gambia *
|
49 | 7 | 44 | 2021 |
Georgia *
|
40 | 14 | 46 | 2021 |
Germany *
|
1 | 28 | 71 | 2021 |
Ghana *
|
39 | 19 | 41 | 2021 |
Gibraltar *
|
N/A | 40 | 60 | 2001 |
Greece *
|
11 | 15 | 73 | 2021 |
Greenland *
|
4.9 | 31.90% | 63.2 | 2007 est. |
Grenada *
|
24 | 14 | 62 | 1999 est. |
Guam *
|
0 | 14 | 86 | 2021 |
Guatemala *
|
29 | 22 | 49 | 2021 |
Guinea *
|
59 | 7 | 34 | 2021 |
Guinea-Bissau *
|
50 | 10 | 39 | 2021 |
Guyana *
|
13 | 25 | 62 | 2021 |
Haiti *
|
46 | 12 | 42 | 2021 |
Honduras *
|
25 | 23 | 52 | 2021 |
Hong Kong *
|
0 | 14 | 86 | 2021 |
Hungary *
|
4 | 31 | 64 | 2021 |
Iceland *
|
4 | 19 | 77 | 2021 |
India *
|
44 | 25 | 31 | 2021 |
Indonesia *
|
29 | 22 | 49 | 2021 |
Iran *
|
16 | 34 | 49 | 2021 |
Iraq *
|
20 | 21 | 59 | 2021 |
Ireland *
|
4 | 19 | 77 | 2021 |
Israel *
|
1 | 17 | 82 | 2021 |
Italy *
|
4 | 27 | 69 | 2021 |
Ivory Coast *
|
45 | 11 | 44 | 2021 |
Jamaica *
|
16 | 16 | 68 | 2021 |
Japan *
|
3 | 24 | 73 | 2021 |
Jordan *
|
3 | 18 | 79 | 2021 |
Kazakhstan *
|
15 | 21 | 64 | 2021 |
Kenya *
|
33 | 16 | 51 | 2021 |
Kiribati *
|
2.7 | 32% | 65.3 | 2000 |
Kuwait *
|
2 | 25 | 73 | 2021 |
Kyrgyzstan *
|
17 | 27 | 57 | 2021 |
Laos *
|
58 | 11 | 31 | 2021 |
Latvia *
|
7 | 24 | 70 | 2021 |
Lebanon *
|
4 | 21 | 75 | 2021 |
Lesotho *
|
30 | 35 | 35 | 2021 |
Liberia *
|
41 | 8 | 51 | 2021 |
Libya *
|
16 | 19 | 64 | 2021 |
Liechtenstein *
|
1.5 | 43.5 | 55 | Dec 2006 |
Lithuania *
|
5 | 26 | 68 | 2021 |
Luxembourg *
|
1 | 9 | 89 | 2021 |
Macau *
|
1 | 11 | 88 | 2021 |
Macedonia *
|
11 | 31 | 58 | 2021 |
Madagascar *
|
74 | 10 | 16 | 2021 |
Malawi *
|
62 | 8 | 30 | 2021 |
Malaysia *
|
10 | 28 | 62 | 2021 |
Maldives *
|
11 | 26 | 63 | 2021 |
Mali *
|
68 | 10 | 22 | 2021 |
Malta *
|
1 | 18 | 81 | 2021 |
Marshall Islands *
|
21.4 | 20.9 | 57.7 | 2000 |
Mauritania *
|
29 | 19 | 52 | 2021 |
Mauritius *
|
5 | 24 | 71 | 2021 |
Mexico *
|
12 | 26 | 62 | 2021 |
Moldova *
|
38 | 16 | 46 | 2021 |
Mongolia *
|
24 | 21 | 55 | 2021 |
Montenegro *
|
7 | 19 | 74 | 2021 |
Morocco *
|
35 | 23 | 43 | 2021 |
Mozambique *
|
70 | 9 | 20 | 2021 |
Namibia *
|
22 | 16 | 61 | 2021 |
Nepal *
|
62 | 16 | 22 | 2021 |
Netherlands *
|
2 | 14 | 84 | 2021 |
Netherlands Antilles
|
1 | 15 | 84 | 2007 est. |
New Caledonia *
|
4 | 27 | 69 | 2021 |
New Zealand *
|
6 | 20 | 74 | 2021 |
Nicaragua *
|
29 | 18 | 53 | 2021 |
Niger *
|
71 | 8 | 22 | 2021 |
Nigeria *
|
35 | 13 | 52 | 2021 |
North Korea *
|
44 | 14 | 42 | 2021 |
Norway *
|
2 | 19 | 78 | 2021 |
Oman *
|
4 | 48 | 48 | 2021 |
Pakistan *
|
38 | 25 | 37 | 2021 |
Palau *
|
20 | N/A | N/A | 1990 |
Panama *
|
16 | 17 | 68 | 2021 |
Papua New Guinea *
|
17 | 10 | 73 | 2021 |
Paraguay *
|
20 | 19 | 61 | 2021 |
Peru *
|
28 | 17 | 55 | 2021 |
Philippines *
|
24 | 19 | 57 | 2021 |
Poland *
|
8 | 31 | 61 | 2021 |
Portugal *
|
5 | 24 | 71 | 2021 |
Puerto Rico *
|
1 | 12 | 87 | 2021 |
Qatar *
|
1 | 54 | 45 | 2021 |
Romania *
|
19 | 30 | 51 | 2021 |
Russia *
|
6 | 27 | 67 | 2021 |
Rwanda *
|
55 | 19 | 27 | 2021 |
Saint Helena *
|
6 | 48 | 46 | 1987 est. |
Saint Lucia *
|
11 | 16 | 74 | 2021 |
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon *
|
18 | 41 | 41 | 1996 est. |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *
|
10 | 21 | 69 | 2021 |
Samoa *
|
24 | 16 | 59 | 2021 |
San Marino *
|
0.2 | 36.3 | 63.5 | Jun 2010 est. |
São Tomé and Príncipe *
|
18 | 20 | 62 | 2021 |
Saudi Arabia *
|
3 | 20 | 77 | 2021 |
Senegal *
|
22 | 23 | 56 | 2021 |
Serbia *
|
14 | 29 | 57 | 2021 |
Seychelles *
|
3 | 23 | 74 | 2006 |
Sierra Leone *
|
43 | 12 | 45 | 2021 |
Singapore *
|
0 | 14 | 85 | 2021 |
Slovakia *
|
2 | 37 | 61 | 2021 |
Slovenia *
|
4 | 30 | 66 | 2021 |
Solomon Islands *
|
38 | 11 | 51 | 2021 |
Somalia *
|
26 | 18 | 56 | 2021 |
South Africa *
|
21 | 17 | 61 | 2021 |
South Korea *
|
5 | 25 | 70 | 2021 |
South Sudan *
|
62 | 13 | 25 | 2021 |
Spain *
|
4 | 20 | 76 | 2021 |
Sri Lanka *
|
26 | 28 | 46 | 2021 |
Sudan *
|
41 | 15 | 45 | 2021 |
Suriname *
|
8 | 27 | 65 | 2021 |
Eswatini *
|
12 | 24 | 63 | 2021 |
Sweden *
|
2 | 18 | 80 | 2021 |
Switzerland *
|
2 | 20 | 78 | 2021 |
Syria *
|
12 | 22 | 65 | 2021 |
Taiwan *
|
5.2 | 35.9 | 58.8 | 2010 est. |
Tajikistan *
|
43 | 20 | 37 | 2021 |
Tanzania *
|
64 | 7 | 28 | 2021 |
Thailand *
|
32 | 23 | 46 | 2021 |
East Timor *
|
42 | 14 | 44 | 2021 |
Togo *
|
31 | 20 | 49 | 2021 |
Tonga *
|
30 | 27 | 43 | 2021 |
Trinidad and Tobago *
|
3 | 26 | 71 | 2021 |
Tunisia *
|
14 | 34 | 52 | 2021 |
Turkey *
|
17 | 27 | 56 | 2021 |
Turkmenistan *
|
22 | 34 | 43 | 2021 |
U.S. Virgin Islands *
|
2 | 17 | 81 | 2021 |
Uganda *
|
63 | 9 | 28 | 2021 |
Ukraine *
|
15 | 24 | 61 | 2021 |
United Arab Emirates *
|
2 | 27 | 71 | 2021 |
United Kingdom *
|
1 | 18 | 81 | 2021 |
United States *
|
2 | 19 | 79 | 2021 |
Uruguay *
|
8 | 19 | 73 | 2021 |
Uzbekistan *
|
24 | 25 | 51 | 2021 |
Vanuatu *
|
48 | 8 | 43 | 2021 |
Venezuela *
|
13 | 18 | 69 | 2021 |
Vietnam *
|
29 | 33 | 38 | 2021 |
|
Wallis and Futuna *
|
80 | 4 | 16 | 2001 est. |
Palestine *
|
7 | 32 | 61 | 2021 |
Western Sahara *
|
50 | [a]50 | 50 | 2005 est. |
| World | 26 | 23 | 50 | 2021 |
Yemen *
|
28 | 12 | 60 | 2021 |
Zambia *
|
59 | 9 | 33 | 2021 |
Zimbabwe *
|
62 | 12 | 27 | 2021 |
Notes
This article incorporates
public domain material from
The World Factbook.
CIA.
- ^ "Field Listing :: Labor force - by occupation — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)".
- ^ "Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)".
- ^ "Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)".