Sector composition of the labor force by country
 | This article needs to be updated. (July 2020) |
This is a list of countries by sector composition of the labor force, mostly based on The World Factbook.[1]
* indicates "Labor in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Economy of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
| Country (or area) | Labour force | Date of information |
Agriculture | Industry | Service | Date of information |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 3,432,200,000 | 2017 est. | 31% | 23.5% | 45.5% | 2014 est. | |
 China * |
816,200,000 | 2018 est. | 26.1% | 27.6% | 46.3% | 2018 est. | |
 India * |
520,200,000 | 2011 est. | 47% | 22% | 31% | 2009 est. | |
 EU * |
228,400,000 | 2011 est. | 4.7% | 28.7% | 66.6% | 2010 est. | |
 United States * |
153,400,000 | 2011 est. | 0.7% | 20.3% | 79.1% | 2009 | |
 Indonesia * |
117,000,000 | 2011 est. | 38.3% | 12.8% | 48.9% | 2010 est. | |
 Brazil * |
104,300,000 | 2011 est. | 9.4% | 32.1% | 58.5% | 2017 est. | |
 Bangladesh * |
75,420,000 | 2011 est. | 45% | 30% | 25% | 2008 | |
 Russia * |
75,410,000 | 2011 est. | 9.8% | 27.5% | 62.7% | 2010 | |
 Japan * |
62,740,000 | 2011 est. | 3.9% | 26.2% | 69.8% | 2010 est. | |
 Pakistan * |
57,890,000 | 2011 est. | 43% | 20.3% | 36.6% | 2005 est. | |
 Nigeria * |
51,530,000 | 2011 est. | 70% | 10% | 20% | 1999 est. | |
 Vietnam * |
48,230,000 | 2011 est. | 53.9% | 20.3% | 25.8% | 2009 | |
 Mexico * |
47,770,000 | 2011 est. | 13.7% | 23.4% | 62.9% | 2005 | |
 Germany * |
43,590,000 | 2011 est. | 2.4% | 29.7% | 67.8% | 2005 | |
 Philippines * |
39,810,000 | 2011 est. | 33% | 15% | 52% | 2010 est. | |
 Thailand * |
39,280,000 | 2007 | 42.4% | 19.7% | 37.9% | 2008 est. | |
 Ethiopia * |
37,900,000 | 2011 est. | 85% | 5% | 10% | 2009 est. | |
 United Kingdom * |
31,760,000 | 2011 est. | 1.4% | 18.2% | 80.4% | 2006 est. | |
 Burma * |
32,530,000 | 2011 est. | 70% | 7% | 23% | 2001 | |
 France * |
29,560,000 | 2011 est. | 3.8% | 24.3% | 71.8% | 2005 | |
 Egypt * |
27,740,000 | 2011 est. | 32% | 17% | 51% | 2001 est. | |
 Turkey * |
26,460,000 | 2011 est. | 25.5% | 26.2% | 48.4% | 2010 | |
 Iran * |
26,370,000 | 2011 est. | 25% | 31% | 45% | Jun 2007 | |
 Italy * |
25,000,000 | 2011 est. | 4.2% | 30.7% | 65.1% | 2005 | |
 South Korea * |
25,090,000 | 2011 est. | 7% | 23.6% | 69.4% | 2011 est. | |
 DR Congo * |
34,790,000 | 2007 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Spain * |
23,130,000 | 2011 est. | 4.2% | 24% | 71.7% | 2009 est. | |
 Tanzania * |
24,060,000 | 2011 est. | 80% | 20% | 20% | 2002 est. | |
 Ukraine * |
22,090,000 | 2011 est. | 15.8% | 18.5% | 65.7% | 2008 | |
 Colombia * |
22,500,000 | 2011 est. | 18% | 13% | 68% | 2010 est. | |
 North Korea * |
12,200,000 | 2011 est. | 35% | 65% | 65% | 2008 | |
 Canada * |
18,680,000 | 2011 est. | 2% | 15% | 83% | 2006 est. | |
 Nepal * |
18,000,000 | 2009 est. | 75% | 7% | 18% | 2010 est. | |
 Kenya * |
18,390,000 | 2011 est. | 75% | 65% | 65% | 2008 est. | |
 South Africa * |
17,670,000 | 2011 est. | 9% | 26% | 65% | 2007 est. | |
 Poland * |
17,930,000 | 2011 est. | 17.4% | 29.2% | 53.4% | 2005 | |
 Argentina * |
16,760,000 | 2011 est. | 5% | 23% | 72% | 2009 est. | |
 Uzbekistan * |
16,280,000 | 2011 est. | 44% | 20% | 36% | 1995 | |
 Uganda * |
16,020,000 | 2011 est. | 82% | 5% | 13% | 1999 est. | |
 Afghanistan * |
15,000,000 | 2004 est. | 78.6% | 5.7% | 15.7% | FY08/09 est. | |
 Venezuela * |
13,440,000 | 2011 est. | 13% | 23% | 64% | 1997 est. | |
 Sudan * |
11,920,000 | 2007 est. | 80% | 7% | 13% | 1998 est. | |
 Morocco * |
11,600,000 | 2011 est. | 44.6% | 19.8% | 35.5% | 2006 est. | |
 Australia * |
12,020,000 | 2011 est. | 3.6% | 21.1% | 75% | 2009 est. | |
 Malaysia * |
11,900,000 | 2011 est. | 13% | 36% | 51% | 2005 est. | |
 Taiwan * |
11,160,000 | 2011 est. | 5.2% | 35.9% | 58.8% | 2010 est. | |
 Ghana * |
10,770,000 | 2011 est. | 56% | 15% | 29% | 2005 est. | |
 Peru * |
10,800,000 | 2011 est. | 0.7% | 23.8% | 75.5% | 2005 | |
 Mozambique * |
9,973,000 | 2011 est. | 81% | 6% | 13% | 1997 est. | |
 Algeria * |
11,130,000 | 2011 est. | 14% | 13.4% | 72.6% | 2003 est. | |
 Madagascar * |
9,504,000 | 2007 | - | - | - | - | |
 Romania * |
9,252,000 | 2011 est. | 29.7% | 23.2% | 47.1% | 2006 | |
 Kazakhstan * |
8,733,000 | 2011 est. | 28.2% | 18.2% | 53.6% | 2010 | |
 Cambodia * |
8,800,000 | 2010 est. | 57.6% | 15.9% | 26.5% | 2009 est. | |
 Netherlands * |
7,785,000 | 2011 est. | 2% | 18% | 80% | 2005 est. | |
 Iraq * |
8,900,000 | 2010 est. | 21.6% | 18.7% | 59.8% | 2008 est. | |
 Sri Lanka * |
8,100,000 | 2009 est. | 32.7% | 24.2% | 43.1% | Dec 2010 est. | |
 Angola * |
8,240,000 | 2011 est. | 85% | 15% | 15% | 2003 est. | |
 Ivory Coast * |
7,463,000 | 2009 est. | 68% | N/A | N/A | 2007 est. | |
 Chile * |
8,047,000 | 2011 est. | 13.2% | 23% | 63.9% | 2005 | |
 Cameroon * |
8,094,000 | 2011 est. | 70% | 13% | 17% | 2001 est. | |
 Saudi Arabia * |
7,630,000 | 2011 est. | 6.7% | 21.4% | 71.9% | 2005 est. | |
 Burkina Faso * |
6,668,000 | 2007 | 90% | [a]10% | 10% | 2000 | |
 Yemen * |
7,030,000 | 2011 est. | - | - | - | - | |
 Syria * |
5,640,000 | 2011 est. | 17% | 16% | 67% | 2008 est. | |
 Malawi * |
5,747,000 | 2007 est. | 90% | [a]10% | 10% | 2003 est. | |
 Portugal * |
5,528,000 | 2011 est. | 11.7% | 28.5% | 59.8% | (2009 est. | |
 Senegal * |
5,681,000 | 2011 est. | 77.5% | [a]22.5% | 22.5% | 2007 est. | |
 Zambia * |
5,570,000 | 2011 est. | 85% | 6% | 9% | 2004 | |
 Czech Republic * |
5,545,000 | 2011 est. | 3.1% | 38.6% | 58.3% | 2009 | |
 Belgium * |
5,071,000 | 2011 est. | 2% | 25% | 73% | 2007 est. | |
 Greece * |
4,972,000 | 2011 est. | 12.4% | 22.4% | 65.1% | 2005 est. | |
 Cuba * |
5,153,000 | 2011 est. | 20% | 19.4% | 60.6% | 2005 | |
 Sweden * |
5,011,000 | 2011 est. | 1.1% | 28.2% | 70.7% | 2008 est. | |
 Belarus * |
5,000,000 | 2009 | 14% | 34.7% | 51.3% | 2003 est. | |
 Ecuador * |
4,673,000 | 2011 est. | 8.3% | 21.2% | 70.4% | 2005 | |
 Niger * |
4,688,000 | 2007 | 90% | 6% | 4% | 1995 | |
 Bolivia * |
4,697,000 | 2011 est. | 40% | 17% | 43% | 2006 est. | |
 Rwanda * |
4,446,000 | 2007 | 90% | [a]10% | 10% | 2000 | |
 Dominican Republic * |
4,732,000 | 2011 est. | 14.6% | 22.3% | 63.1% | 2005 | |
 Guinea * |
4,392,000 | 2007 est. | 76% | [a]24% | 24% | 2006 est. | |
 Azerbaijan * |
6,119,000 | 2011 est. | 38.3% | 12.1% | 49.6% | 2008 | |
 Chad * |
4,293,000 | 2007 | 80% | [a]20% | 20% | 2006 est. | |
 Burundi * |
4,245,000 | 2007 | 93.6% | 2.3% | 4.1% | 2002 est. | |
 Hungary * |
4,238,000 | 2011 est. | 4.7% | 30.9% | 64.4% | 2010 | |
 Guatemala * |
4,249,000 | 2011 est. | 50% | 15% | 35% | 1999 est. | |
 Switzerland * |
4,270,000 | 2011 est. | 3.4% | 23.4% | 73.2% | 2010 | |
 Zimbabwe * |
3,856,000 | 2011 est | 66% | 10% | 24% | 1996 | |
 Tunisia * |
3,904,000 | 2011 est. | 25.5% | 26.2% | 48.4% | 2010 | |
 Papua New Guinea * |
3,896,000 | 2011 est. | 85% | N/A | N/A | 2005 est | |
 Austria * |
3,663,000 | 2011 est. | 5.5% | 27.5% | 67% | 2009 est. | |
 Hong Kong * |
3,701,000 | 2011 est. | N/A | 4.7% | 95.3% | 2010 est. | |
 Benin * |
3,662,000 | 2007 est. | - | - | - | - | |
 Haiti * |
4,810,000 | 2010 | 38.1% | 11.5% | 50.4% | 2010 | |
 Somalia * |
3,447,000 | 2007 | 71% | [a]29% | 29% | 1975 | |
 Mali * |
3,241,000 | 2007 est. | 80% | [a]20% | 20% | 2005 est. | |
 Bulgaria * |
2,533,000 | 2011 est. | 7.1% | 35.2% | 57.7% | 2009 | |
 United Arab Emirates * |
4,111,000 | 2011 est. | 7% | 15% | 78% | 2000 est. | |
 Honduras * |
3,463,000 | 2011 est. | 39.2% | 20.9% | 39.8% | 2005 est. | |
 Singapore * |
3,212,000 | 2011 est. | 0.1% | 30.2% | 69.7% | 2010 | |
 Israel * |
3,227,000 | 2011 est. | 2% | 16% | 82% | Sep 2008 | |
 Paraguay * |
3,085,000 | 2011 est. | 26.5% | 18.5% | 55% | 2008 | |
 Serbia * |
3,350,000 | 2011 est. | 23.9% | 20.5% | 55.6% | Oct 2009 | |
 El Salvador * |
2,577,000 | 2011 est. | 19% | 23% | 58% | 2006 est. | |
 Denmark * |
2,857,000 | 2011 est. | 2.5% | 20.2% | 77.3% | 2005 est. | |
 Kyrgyzstan * |
2,344,000 | 2007 | 48% | 12.5% | 39.5% | 2005 est. | |
 Norway * |
2,617,000 | 2011 est. | 2.9% | 21.1% | 76% | 2008 | |
 Finland * |
2,676,000 | 2011 | 4.9% | 16.7% | 78.4% | 2009 | |
 Nicaragua * |
2,885,000 | 2011 est. | 28% | 19% | 53% | 2010 est. | |
 Ireland * |
2,112,000 | 2011 est. | 5% | 20% | 76% | 2010 est. | |
 New Zealand * |
2,353,000 | 2011 est. | 7% | 19% | 74% | 2006 est. | |
 Slovakia * |
2,713,000 | 2011 est. | 3.5% | 27% | 69.4% | Dec 2009 | |
 Kuwait * |
2,243,000 | 2011 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Laos * |
3,690,000 | 2010 est. | 75.1% | N/A | N/A | 2010 est. | |
 Tajikistan * |
2,100,000 | 2008 | 49.8% | 12.8% | 37.4% | 2009 est. | |
 Turkmenistan * |
2,100,000 | 2009 est. | 48.2% | 14% | 37.8% | 2004 est. | |
 Georgia * |
1,918,000 | 2007 est. | 55.6% | 8.9% | 35.5% | 2006 est. | |
 Costa Rica * |
2,093,000 | 2011 est. | 14% | 22% | 64% | 2006 est. | |
 Libya * |
1,160,000 | 2011 est. | 17% | 23% | 59% | 2004 est. | |
 Central African Republic * |
1,926,000 | 2007 | - | - | - | - | |
 Croatia * |
1,721,000 | 2011 | 5% | 31.3% | 63.6% | 2008 | |
 Uruguay * |
1,639,000 | 2011 est. | 13% | 14% | 73% | 2010 est. | |
 Jordan * |
1,771,000 | 2011 est. | 2.7% | 20% | 77.4% | 2007 est. | |
 Lithuania * |
1,618,000 | 2011 est. | 14% | 29.1% | 56.9% | 2005 | |
 Panama * |
1,525,000 | 2011 est. | 17.6% | 8.8% | 73.6% | 2009 est. | |
 Sierra Leone * |
2,207,000 | 2007 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 Moldova * |
1,244,000 | 2011 est. | 40.6% | 16% | 43.3% | 2005 | |
 Togo * |
2,595,000 | 2007 | 65% | 5% | 30% | 1998 est. | |
 Puerto Rico * |
1,479,000 | 2007 | 2.1% | 19% | 79% | 2005 | |
 Jamaica * |
1,324,000 | 2011 est. | 17% | 19% | 64% | 2006 | |
 Armenia * |
1,481,000 | 2007 est. | 46.2% | 15.6% | 38.2% | 2006 est. | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina * |
1,074,000 | 2016 | 18.0% | 31.3% | 50.8% | 2016 | [1] |
 Latvia * |
1,169,000 | 2011 est. | 12.1% | 25.8% | 61.8% | 2005 est. | |
 Qatar * |
1,320,000 | 2011 est. | - | - | - | - | |
 Lebanon * |
1,481,000 | 2007 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Albania * |
1,053,000 | 2010 est. | 47.8% | 23% | 29.2% | Sep 2010 est. | |
 Mongolia * |
1,068,000 | 2008 | 34% | 5% | 61% | 2008 | |
 Oman * |
968,800 | 2007 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Slovenia * |
938,700 | 2011 est. | 2.2% | 35% | 62.8% | 2009 | |
 Macedonia * |
938,000 | 2011 est. | 19.9% | 22.1% | 58% | Sep 2010 | |
 Lesotho * |
938,000 | 2007 est. | 86% | [a]14% | 14% | 2002 est. | |
 Mauritania * |
1,318,000 | 2007 | 50% | 10% | 40% | 2001 est. | |
 Estonia * |
685,400 | 2011 est. | 2.8% | 22.7% | 74.5% | 2008 | |
 Namibia * |
803,700 | 2011 est. | 16.3% | 22.4% | 61.3% | 2008 est. | |
 Trinidad and Tobago * |
636,800 | 2011 est. | 3.8% | 12.8% | 83.4% | 2007 est. | |
 West Bank |
745,600 | 2011 | 16.1% | 28.4% | 55.5% | 2010 est. | |
 Gabon * |
728,100 | 2011 est. | 60% | 15% | 25% | 2000 est. | |
 Mauritius * |
607,400 | 2011 est. | 9% | 30% | 61% | 2007 | |
 Guinea-Bissau * |
632,700 | 2007 | 82% | [a]18% | 18% | 2000 est. | |
 Bahrain * |
672,500 | 2011 est | 1% | 79% | 20% | 1997 est. | |
 Guyana * |
333,900 | 2007 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Cyprus * |
411,300 | 2011 est. | 8.5% | 20.5% | 71% | 2006 est. | |
 Gambia * |
777,100 | 2007 | 75% | 19% | 6% | 1996 | |
 Macau * |
330,900 | 2010 est. | - | 4.3% | 95.7% | 2010 | |
 Swaziland * |
457,900 | 2007 | 70% | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Botswana * |
1,225,000 | 2009 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Djibouti * |
351,700 | 2007 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
| Gaza Strip * |
348,200 | 2010 | 5.1% | 15.6% | 79.3% | 2010 est. | |
 Montenegro * |
259,100 | 2004 | 2% | 30% | 68% | 2004 est. | |
 Solomon Islands * |
202,500 | 2007 | 75% | 5% | 20% | 2000 est. | |
 Luxembourg * |
207,500 | 2011 est. | 2.2% | 17.2% | 80.6% | 2007 est. | |
 Brunei * |
188,800 | 2008 est. | 4.2% | 62.8% | 33% | 2008 est. | |
 Bahamas * |
184,000 | 2008 | 5% | 5% | 90% | 2005 est. | |
 Malta * |
265,200 | 2010 | 1.3% | 24.8% | 73.9% | 2010 | |
 Iceland * |
183,200 | 2011 est. | 4.8% | 22.2% | 73% | 2008 | |
 Suriname * |
165,600 | 2007 | 8% | 14% | 78% | 2004 | |
 Comoros * |
268,500 | 2007 est. | 80% | [a]20% | 20% | 1996 est. | |
 Maldives * |
110,000 | 2010 | 11% | 23% | 65% | 2006 est. | |
 Barbados * |
175,000 | 2007 est. | 10% | 15% | 75% | 1996 est. | |
 Cape Verde * |
196,100 | 2007 | - | - | - | - | |
 Fiji * |
335,000 | 2007 est. | 70% | [a]30% | 30% | 2001 est. | |
 French Polynesia * |
116,000 | 2007 | 13% | 19% | 68% | 2002 | |
 Belize * |
120,500 | 2008 est. | - | - | - | - | |
 Samoa * |
66,270 | 2007 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Netherlands Antilles |
83,600 | 2005 | 1% | 15% | 84% | 2007 est. | |
 New Caledonia * |
102,600 | 2007 | 20% | 20% | 60% | 2002 | |
 Vanuatu * |
115,900 | 2007 | 65% | 5% | 30% | 2000 est. | |
 Guam * |
82,950 | 2007 est. | 26% | 10% | 64% | 2004 est. | |
 Jersey * |
53,560 | Jun 2006 | - | - | - | - | |
| Mayotte * |
44,560 | 2002 | - | - | - | - | |
 Monaco * |
49,300 | 2010 est. | - | - | - | - | |
 U.S. Virgin Islands * |
49,820 | 2007 est. | 1% | 19% | 80% | 2003 est. | |
 Saint Lucia * |
79,700 | 2007 est. | 21.7% | 24.7% | 53.6% | 2002 est. | |
 Grenada * |
42,300 | 1996 | 24% | 14% | 62% | 1999 est. | |
 Andorra * |
38,220 | 2010 | 0.4% | 4.7% | 94.9% | 2010 | |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * |
57,520 | 2007 est. | 26% | 17% | 57% | 1980 est. | |
 Aruba * |
41,500 | 2004 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Isle of Man * |
41,790 | 2006 | 2% | 6% | 92% | 2006 | |
 Seychelles * |
39,560 | 2006 | 3% | 23% | 74% | 2006 | |
 Northern Mariana Islands * |
38,450 | 2005 est. | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Bermuda * |
38,360 | 2004 | 3% | 17% | 80% | 2004 est. | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe * |
35,050 | 1991 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | |
 Tonga * |
39,960 | 2007 | 65% | 5% | 30% | 1998 est. | |
 Greenland * |
28,240 | Jan 2009 | 4.9% | 31.9% | 63.2% | 2007 est. | |
 Guernsey * |
31,470 | Mar 2006 | - | - | - | - | |
 Liechtenstein * |
31,000 | 31 Dec 2006 | 1.5% | 43.5% | 55% | Dec 2006 | |
 Antigua and Barbuda * |
30,000 | 1991 | 7% | 11% | 82% | 1983 | |
 Dominica * |
25,000 | 2000 est. | 40% | 32% | 28% | 2000 est. | |
 Faroe Islands * |
34,680 | Nov 2008 | 10.2% | 20.5% | 69.2% | 2008 | |
 Cayman Islands * |
23,450 | 2004 | 1.9% | 19.1% | 79% | 2008 est. | |
 San Marino * |
22,950 | 2008 | 0.2% | 36.3% | 63.5% | Jun 2010 est. | |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis * |
18,170 | Jun 1995 | - | - | - | - | |
 American Samoa * |
17,630 | Jun 2010 | 34% | 33% | 33% | 1990 | |
 Micronesia * |
16,360 | 2008 | - | - | - | - | |
 Marshall Islands * |
14,680 | 2000 | 21.4% | 20.9% | 57.7% | 2000 | |
 British Virgin Islands * |
12,770 | 2004 | 0.6% | 40% | 59.4% | 2005 | |
 Gibraltar * |
12,690 | 2001 | N/A | 40% | 60% | 2001 | |
 Western Sahara * |
144,000 | 2010 est. | 50% | [a]50% | 50% | 2005 est. | |
 Palau * |
9,777 | 2005 | 20% | N/A | N/A | 1990 | |
 Kiribati * |
7,870 | 2001 est. | 2.7% | 32% | 65.3% | 2000 | |
 Cook Islands * |
6,820 | 2001 | 29% | 15% | 56% | 2006 est. | |
 Anguilla * |
6,049 | 2001 | 4% | 3% | 92% | 2000 est. | |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
4,848 | 1990 est. | 20% | - | 33% | - | |
 Montserrat * |
4,521 | 2000 est. | - | - | - | - | |
 Tuvalu * |
3,615 | 2004 est. | - | - | - | - | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon * |
3,450 | 2005 | 18% | 41% | 41% | 1996 est. | |
| Wallis and Futuna * |
3,104 | 2003 | 80% | 4% | 16% | 2001 est. | |
 Saint Helena * |
2,486 | 1998 est. | 6% | 48% | 46% | 1987 est. | |
 Falkland Islands * |
1,724 | 1996 | 95% | [a]5% | 5% | 1996 | |
 Niue * |
663 | 2001 | - | - | - | - | |
 Tokelau * |
440 | 2001 | - | - | - | - | |
 Pitcairn Islands |
15 | 2004 | - | - | - | - |
Notes[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook website https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/.
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