This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by sector of occupation. Agriculture includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all other economic activities that do not produce material goods. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete and may range from 99-101 percent due to rounding.
agriculture: 44.3%
industry: 18.1%
services: 37.6% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 41.4%
industry: 18.3%
services: 40.3% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 10.8%
industry: 30.9%
services: 58.4% (2011 est.)
agriculture: NA
industry: 15.5%
services: 46.4% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 0.5%
industry: 4.4%
services: 95.1% (2015)
agriculture: 85%
industry: 15% (2015 est.)
industry and services: 15% (2003 est.)
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.)
agriculture: 7%
industry: 11%
services: 82% (1983 est.)
agriculture: 5.3%
industry: 28.6%
services: 66.1% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 36.3%
industry: 17%
services: 46.7% (2013 est.)
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA
note: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade, followed by hotels and restaurants
agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 21.1%
services: 75.3% (2009 est.)
agriculture: 0.7%
industry: 25.2%
services: 74.1% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 37%
industry: 14.3%
services: 48.9% (2014)
agriculture: 3%
industry: 11%
services: 49%
tourism: 37% (2011 est.)
agriculture: 1%
industry: 32%
services: 67% (2004 est.)
agriculture: 42.7%
industry: 20.5%
services: 36.9% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 10%
industry: 15%
services: 75% (1996 est.)
agriculture: 9.7%
industry: 23.4%
services: 66.8% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 1.3%
industry: 18.6%
services: 80.1% (2013 est.)
agriculture: 10.2%
industry: 18.1%
services: 71.7% (2007 est.)
agriculture: 2%
industry: 13%
services: 85% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 58%
industry: 20%
services: 22% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 29.4%
industry: 22%
services: 48.6% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 18%
industry: 30.4%
services: 51.7% (2017 est.)
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA
agriculture: 9.4%
industry: 32.1%
services: 58.5% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 0.6%
industry: 40%
services: 59.4% (2005)
agriculture: 4.2%
industry: 62.8%
services: 33% (2008 est.)
agriculture: 6.8%
industry: 26.6%
services: 66.6% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2000 est.)
agriculture: 70%
industry: 7%
services: 23% (2001 est.)
agriculture: 93.6%
industry: 2.3%
services: 4.1% (2002 est.)
agriculture: 48.7%
industry: 19.9%
services: 31.5% (2013 est.)
agriculture: 70%
industry: 13%
services: 17% (2001 est.)
agriculture: 2%
industry: 13%
services: 6%
industry and services: 76%
manufacturing: 3% (2006 est.)
agriculture: 1.9%
industry: 19.1%
services: 79% (2008 est.)
agriculture: 80%
industry: 20% (2006 est.)
agriculture: 9.2%
industry: 23.7%
services: 67.1% (2013)
agriculture: 27.7%
industry: 28.8%
services: 43.5% (2016 est.)
note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism is the other main source of employment
agriculture: 17%
industry: 21%
services: 62% (2011 est.)
agriculture: 80%
industry: 20% (1996 est.)
industry and services: 20% (1996 est.)
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA
agriculture: 35.4%
industry: 20.6%
services: 44% (2005 est.)
agriculture: 29%
industry: 15%
services: 56% (1995)
agriculture: 14%
industry: 22%
services: 64% (2006 est.)
agriculture: 68% (2007 est.)
agriculture: 1.9%
industry: 27.3%
services: 70.8% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 18%
industry: 10%
services: 72% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 1.2%
industry: 16.9%
services: 81.8% (2008 est.)
agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 15.2%
services: 81% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 38%
services: 59.2% (2015)
agriculture: 2.4%
industry: 18.3%
services: 79.3% (2016 est.)
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA
agriculture: 40%
industry: 32%
services: 28% (2002 est.)
agriculture: 14.4%
industry: 20.8% (2014)
services: 64.7% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 26.1%
industry: 18.4%
services: 55.5% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 25.8%
industry: 25.1%
services: 49.1% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 21%
industry: 20%
services: 58% (2011 est.)
agriculture: 80%
industry: 20% (2004 est.)
agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 20.5%
services: 76.8% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 10.7%
industry: 30.4%
services: 58.9% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 72.7%
industry: 7.4%
services: 19.9% (2013 est.)
agriculture: 5%
industry: 21.9%
services: 73.1% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 41%
industry: 24.5%
services: 34.5% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 15%
industry: 15%
services: 70% (December 2016 est.)
agriculture: 44.2%
industry: 14.3%
services: 41.6% (2011)
agriculture: 4%
industry: 20.7%
services: 75.3% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 2.8% (2016 est.)
industry: 20% (2016 est.)
services: 77.2% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 13%
industry: 19%
services: 68% (2013 est.)
agriculture: 64%
industry: 12%
services: 24% (2005 est.)
agriculture: 75%
industry: 19%
services: 6% (1996 est.)
agriculture: 5.2%
industry: 10%
services: 84.8% (2015 est.)
note: data exclude the West Bank
agriculture: 55.6%
industry: 8.9%
services: 35.5% (2006 est.)
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 24.2%
services: 74.3% (2016)
agriculture: 44.7%
industry: 14.4%
services: 40.9% (2013 est.)
agriculture: NEGL
industry: 1.8%
services: 98.2% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 12.6%
industry: 15%
services: 72.4% (30 October 2015 est.)
agriculture: 15.9%
industry: 10.1%
services: 73.9% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 11%
industry: 20%
services: 69% (2008 est.)
agriculture: 0.3%
industry: 21.6%
services: 78.1% (2013 est.)
agriculture: 31.4%
industry: 12.8%
services: 55.8% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 76%
industry: 24% (2006 est.)
agriculture: 82%
industry and services: 18% (2000 est.)
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA
agriculture: 38.1%
industry: 11.5%
services: 50.4% (2010)
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
agriculture: 39.2%
industry: 20.9%
services: 39.8% (2005 est.)
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
agriculture: 4.9%
industry: 30.3%
services: 64.5% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 4.8%
industry: 22.2%
services: 73% (2008)
agriculture: 47%
industry: 22%
services: 31% (FY 2014 est.)
agriculture: 32%
industry: 21%
services: 47% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 16.3%
industry: 35.1%
services: 48.6% (2013 est.)
agriculture: 21.6%
industry: 18.7%
services: 59.8% (2008 est.)
agriculture: 5%
industry: 11%
services: 84% (2015 est.)
manufacturing: 5% (2006 est.)
construction: 8% (2006 est.)
tourism: 1% (2006 est.)
transport and communications: 9% (2006 est.)
agriculture, forestry, and fishing: 2% (2006 est.)
gas, electricity, and water: 1% (2006 est.)
wholesale and retail distribution: 11% (2006 est.)
professional and scientific services: 20% (2006 est.)
public administration: 7% (2006 est.)
banking and finance: 23% (2006 est.)
entertainment and catering: 5% (2006 est.)
miscellaneous services: 8% (2006 est.)
agriculture: 1.1%
industry: 17.3%
services: 81.6% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 3.9%
industry: 28.3%
services: 67.8% (2011)
agriculture: 16.1%
industry: 16%
services: 67.9% (2017)
agriculture: 2.9%
industry: 26.2%
services: 70.9% (February 2015 est.)
agriculture: 3%
industry: 12%
services: 85% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 2%
industry: 20%
services: 78% (2013 est.)
agriculture: 18.1%
industry: 20.4%
services: 61.6% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 61.1%
industry: 6.7%
services: 32.2% (2005 est.)
agriculture: 15%
industry: 10%
services: 75% (2010)
agriculture: 37%
industry: 63% (2008 est.)
agriculture: 4.8%
industry: 24.6%
services: 70.6% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 4.4%
industry: 17.4%
services: 78.2% (2017 est.)
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA
agriculture: 48%
industry: 12.5%
services: 39.5% (2005 est.)
agriculture: 73.1%
industry: 6.1%
services: 20.6% (2012 est.)
agriculture: 7.7%
industry: 24.1%
services: 68.1% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 39% (2009 est.) NA
industry: NA
services: NA
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
agriculture: 70%
industry: 8%
services: 22% (2000 est.)
agriculture: 17%
industry: 23%
services: 59% (2004 est.)
agriculture: 0.8%
industry: 36.9%
services: 62.3% (2015)
agriculture: 9.1%
industry: 25.2%
services: 65.8% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 1.1%
industry: 20%
services: 78.9% (2013 est.)
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.)
agriculture: 76.9%
industry: 4.1%
services: 19% (2013 est.)
agriculture: 11%
industry: 36%
services: 53% (2012 est.)
agriculture: 7.7%
industry: 22.8%
services: 69.5% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
agriculture: 1.6%
industry: 20.7%
services: 77.7% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 11%
industry: 16.3%
services: 72.7% (2011 est.)
agriculture: 50%
industry: 1.9%
services: 48.1% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 8%
industry: 29.8%
services: 62.2% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 13.4%
industry: 24.1%
services: 61.9% (2011)
agriculture: 0.9%
industry: 5.2%
services: 93.9% (2013 est.)
note: two-thirds of the labor force are government employees
agriculture: 32.3%
industry: 12%
services: 55.7% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 0%
industry: 16.1%
services: 83.9% (2012 est.)
agriculture: 31.1%
industry: 18.5%
services: 50.5% (2016)
agriculture: 7.9%
industry: 17.1%
services: 75% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 12.7%
services: 85.9% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 39.1%
industry: 20.3%
services: 40.5% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 74.4%
industry: 3.9%
services: 21.7% (2015 est.)
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
note: most of the labor force is employed in phosphate mining, public administration, education, and transportation
agriculture: 69%
industry: 12%
services: 19% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 1.2%
industry: 17.2%
services: 81.6% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 22.4%
services: 74.9% (2010)
agriculture: 6.6%
industry: 20.7%
services: 72.7% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 31%
industry: 18%
services: 50% (2011 est.)
agriculture: 79.2%
industry: 3.3%
services: 17.5% (2012 est.)
agriculture: 70%
industry: 10%
services: 20% (1999 est.)
note: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board
agriculture: 6%
industry: 14%
services: 80% (2006 est.)
agriculture: 16.2%
industry: 29.2%
services: 54.5% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 1.9%
industry: 10%
services: 88.1% (2010 est.)
agriculture: 2.1%
industry: 19.3%
services: 78.6% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 4.7% NA
industry: 49.6% NA
services: 45% (2016 est.) NA
agriculture: 42.3%
industry: 22.6%
services: 35.1% (FY2015 est.)
agriculture: 1.2%
industry: 12.4%
services: 86.4% (2016)
agriculture: 17%
industry: 18.6%
services: 64.4% (2009 est.)
agriculture: 85%
industry: NA
services: NA
agriculture: 26.5%
industry: 18.5%
services: 55% (2008)
agriculture: 25.8%
industry: 17.4%
services: 56.8% (2011)
agriculture: 25.4%
industry: 18.3%
services: 56.3% (2017 est.)
note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
agriculture: 11.5%
industry: 30.4%
services: 57.6% (2015)
agriculture: 8.6%
industry: 23.9%
services: 67.5% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 2.1%
industry: 19%
services: 79% (2005 est.)
agriculture: 28.3%
industry: 28.9%
services: 42.8% (2014)
agriculture: 9.4%
industry: 27.6%
services: 63% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 75.3%
industry: 6.7%
services: 18% (2012 est.)
agriculture: 6%
industry: 48%
services: 46% (1987 est.)
agriculture: 21.7%
industry: 24.7%
services: 53.6% (2002 est.)
85 directly or indirectly employed in tourist industry
agriculture: 18%
industry: 41%
services: 41% (1996 est.)
agriculture: 26%
industry: 17%
services: 57% (1980 est.)
agriculture: 65%
industry: 6%
services: 29% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 0.2%
industry: 33.5%
services: 66.3% (September 2013 est.)
agriculture: 26.1%
industry: 21.4%
services: 52.5% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 6.7%
industry: 21.4%
services: 71.9% (2005 est.)
agriculture: 77.5%
industry: 22.5%
industry and services: 22.5% (2007 est.)
agriculture: 19.4%
industry: 24.5%
services: 56.1% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 3%
industry: 23%
services: 74% (2006)
agriculture: 61.1%
industry: 5.5%
services: 33.4% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 0.7%
industry: 25.6%
services: 73.7% (2017)
note: excludes non-residents
agriculture: 1.1%
industry: 15.2%
services: 83.7% (2008 est.)
agriculture: 3.9%
industry: 22.7%
services: 73.4% (2015)
agriculture: 5.5%
industry: 31.2%
services: 63.3% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 75%
industry: 5%
services: 20% (2000 est.)
agriculture: 71%
industry: 29%
industry and services: 29% (1975)
agriculture: 4.6%
industry: 23.5%
services: 71.9% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 4.2%
industry: 24%
services: 71.7% (2009)
agriculture: 27%
industry: 26%
services: 47% (31 December 2016)
agriculture: 80%
industry: 7%
services: 13% (1998 est.)
agriculture: 11.2%
industry: 19.5%
services: 69.3% (2010)
agriculture: 2%
industry: 12%
services: 86% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 3.3%
industry: 19.8%
services: 76.9% (2015)
agriculture: 17%
industry: 16%
services: 67% (2008 est.)
agriculture: 4.9%
industry: 35.9%
services: 59.2% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 43%
industry: 10.6%
services: 46.4% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 66.9%
industry: 6.4%
services: 26.6% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 31.8%
industry: 16.7%
services: 51.5% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 41%
industry: 13%
services: 45.1% (2013)
agriculture: 65%
industry: 5%
services: 30% (1998 est.)
agriculture: 2,006% (2006 est.)
industry: 27.5% (2006 est.)
services: 2,006% (2006 est.)
agriculture: 3.1%
industry: 11.5%
services: 85.4% (2016 est.)
agriculture: 14.8%
industry: 33.2%
services: 51.7% (2014 est.)
agriculture: 18.4%
industry: 26.6%
services: 54.9% (2016)
agriculture: 48.2%
industry: 14%
services: 37.8% (2004 est.)
note: about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services
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)
agriculture: 71%
industry: 7%
services: 22% (2013 est.)
agriculture: 5.8%
industry: 26.5%
services: 67.8% (2014)
agriculture: 7%
industry: 15%
services: 78% (2000 est.)
agriculture: 1.3%
industry: 15.2%
services: 83.5% (2014 est.)
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
agriculture: 13%
industry: 14%
services: 73% (2010 est.)
agriculture: 25.9%
industry: 13.2%
services: 60.9% (2012 est.)
agriculture: 65%
industry: 5%
services: 30% (2000 est.)
agriculture: 7.3%
industry: 21.8%
services: 70.9% (4th quarter, 2011 est.)
agriculture: 40.3%
industry: 25.7%
services: 34% (2017)
agriculture: 1%
industry: 19%
services: 80% (2003 est.)
agriculture: 74%
industry: 3%
services: 23% (2015 est.)
agriculture: 11.5%
industry: 34.4%
services: 54.1% (2013 est.)
note: excludes Gaza Strip
agriculture: 31%
industry: 23.5%
services: 45.5% (2014 est.)
note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force
agriculture: 54.8%
industry: 9.9%
services: 35.3% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 67.5%
industry: 7.3%
services: 25.2% (2017 est.)