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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
Component parts of the
labor force by occupation.
Labor Statistics > Labor force > By occupation (2006) by country
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Countries (A to Z)Description
Argentina agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Aruba most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining
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
British Virgin Islands agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Cameroon agriculture 70%, industry and commerce 13%, other 17%
Canada agriculture 2%, manufacturing 13%, construction 6%, services 76%, other 3%
Chad agriculture more than 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
Comoros agriculture 80%
Dominica agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%
Eritrea agriculture 80%, industry and services 20%
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%
Gabon agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25%
Gambia, The agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 6%
Gibraltar agriculture negligible, industry 40%, services 60%
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
Iraq agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA
Kiribati 2.70213%, 32%, 65.3%
Korea, North agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%
Kuwait agriculture NA, industries NA, services NA
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
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%
Macedonia, Republic of agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Marshall Islands agriculture 21.4%, industry 20.9%, services 57.7%
Micronesia, Federated States of two-thirds are government employees
Montserrat agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Nauru employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation
Nepal agriculture 81%, industry 3%, services 16%
Niger agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 6%, government 4%
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%
Oman agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA
Papua New Guinea agriculture 85%, industry NA, services NA
Paraguay agriculture 45%
Pitcairn Islands no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
Rwanda agriculture 90%
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%
Somalia agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry and services 29%
Suriname agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
São Tomé and Príncipe population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; note: shortages of skilled workers
Trinidad and Tobago agriculture 4%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 12.9%, construction and utilities 17.5%, services 65.6%
Turkey agriculture 35.9%, industry 22.8%, services 41.2% (3rd quarter, 2004)
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)
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%
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%
DEFINITION: Component parts of the
labor force by occupation.
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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"Labor force > By occupation (2006) by country", All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_lab_for_by_occ-labor-force-by-occupation&date=2006 Change citation style: APA MLA MHRA CSE AMA Chicago Bluebook Bluebook/JOLT
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