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Labor Statistics > Labor force > By occupation > Industry (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Bahrain: 79 %  
#2   Brunei: 61.1 %  
#3   Saint Helena: 48 %  
#4   Liechtenstein: 47 %  
#5   Serbia and Montenegro: 46 %  
#6   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 41 %  
#7   San Marino: 40.1 %  
#8   British Virgin Islands: 40 %  
#9   Gibraltar: 40 %  
#10   Slovenia: 39.1 %  
#11   Czech Republic: 37.6 %  
#12   Vietnam: 37 %  
#13   Taiwan: 36 %  
#14   Malaysia: 36 %  
#15   Belarus: 34.7 %  
#16   Bulgaria: 33.6 %  
#17   Germany: 33.4 %  
#18   Hungary: 33.3 %  
#19   American Samoa: 33 %  
#20   Faroe Islands: 33 %  
#21   Croatia: 32.8 %  
#22   Macedonia, Republic of: 32.6 %  
#23   Kiribati: 32 %  
#24   Dominica: 32 %  
#25   Italy: 32 %  
#26   Mongolia: 31.4 %  
#27   Romania: 30.7 %  
#28   Spain: 30.1 %  
#29   Kazakhstan: 30 %  
#30   Portugal: 30 %  
#31   Russia: 29.1 %  
#32   West Bank: 29 %  
#33   Poland: 29 %  
#34   Ireland: 29 %  
#35   Lithuania: 28.2 %  
#36   Japan: 27.8 %  
#37   Austria: 27 %  
#38   Korea, South: 26.4 %  
#39   Switzerland: 26.3 %  
#40   Sri Lanka: 25.3 %  
#41   New Zealand: 25 %  
#42   Saudi Arabia: 25 %  
#43   Armenia: 25 %  
#44   Iran: 25 %  
#45   South Africa: 25 %  
#46   Saint Lucia: 24.7 %  
#47   Belgium: 24.5 %  
#48   France: 24.4 %  
#49   Dominican Republic: 24.3 %  
#50   Sweden: 24 %  
#51   Mexico: 24 %  
#52   Ecuador: 24 %  
#53   China: 24 %  
#54   Chile: 23.4 %  
#55   Tunisia: 23 %  
#56   Libya: 23 %  
#57   Iceland: 23 %  
#58   Honduras: 23 %  
#59   Venezuela: 23 %  
#60   Turkey: 22.8 %  
#61   Costa Rica: 22 %  
#62   Norway: 22 %  
#63   Malta: 22 %  
#64   Australia: 21.2 %  
#65   Denmark: 21 %  
#66   Marshall Islands: 20.9 %  
#67   Andorra: 20.3 %  
#68   Uzbekistan: 20 %  
#69   Greece: 20 %  
#70   Netherlands Antilles: 20 %  
#71   New Caledonia: 20 %  
#72   Georgia: 20 %  
#73   Estonia: 20 %  
#74   Pakistan: 20 %  
#75   Ukraine: 20 %  
#76   Puerto Rico: 20 %  
#77   Namibia: 20 %  
#78   Cuba: 19.4 %  
#79   Latvia: 19 %  
#80   Virgin Islands: 19 %  
#81   Seychelles: 19 %  
#82   Nicaragua: 19 %  
#83   Gambia, The: 19 %  
#84   French Polynesia: 19 %  
#85   Netherlands: 19 %  
#86   Colombia: 18.7 %  
#87   United Kingdom: 18.2 %  
#88   Panama: 18 %  
#89   Maldives: 18 %  
#90   Indonesia: 18 %  
#91   Gaza Strip: 18 %  
#92   Peru: 18 %  
#93   Jamaica: 17.3 %  
#94   El Salvador: 17.1 %  
#95   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 17 %  
#96   Egypt: 17 %  
#97   Uruguay: 16 %  
#98   Belize: 15.2 %  
#99   United Arab Emirates: 15 %  
#100   Morocco: 15 %  
#101   Cook Islands: 15 %  
#102   Philippines: 15 %  
#103   Ghana: 15 %  
#104   Barbados: 15 %  
#105   Albania: 15 %  
#106   Kyrgyzstan: 15 %  
#107   Gabon: 15 %  
#108   Guatemala: 15 %  
#109   Suriname: 14 %  
#110   Syria: 14 %  
#111   Thailand: 14 %  
#112   Brazil: 14 %  
#113   Grenada: 14 %  
#114   Turkmenistan: 13.8 %  
#115   Cameroon: 13 %  
#116   Luxembourg: 13 %  
#117   Cayman Islands: 12.6 %  
#118   Jordan: 12.5 %  
#119   Moldova: 12.1 %  
#120   India: 12 %  
#121   Antigua and Barbuda: 11 %  
#122   Bangladesh: 11 %  
#123   Mauritania: 10 %  
#124   Zimbabwe: 10 %  
#125   Guam: 10 %  
#126   Nigeria: 10 %  
#127   Afghanistan: 10 %  
#128   Haiti: 9 %  
#129   Ethiopia: 8 %  
#130   Liberia: 8 %  
#131   Tajikistan: 7.5 %  
#132   Azerbaijan: 7 %  
#133   Burma: 7 %  
#134   Sudan: 7 %  
#135   Nepal: 6 %  
#136   Niger: 6 %  
#137   Mozambique: 6 %  
#138   Zambia: 6 %  
#139   Bhutan: 6 %  
#140   Togo: 5 %  
#141   Uganda: 5 %  
#142   Solomon Islands: 5 %  
#143   Vanuatu: 5 %  
#144   Wallis and Futuna: 4 %  
#145   Burundi: 2.3 %  
Weighted average: 21.5 %   


DEFINITION: This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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