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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Brunei: 61.1%  2003 Time series
# 2   Serbia and Montenegro: 46%  2002 Time series
# 3   Liechtenstein: 43.9%  2005 Time series
# 4   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 41%  1996 Time series
# 5   San Marino: 40.1%  2006 Time series
= 6   British Virgin Islands: 40%  2005 Time series
= 6   Gibraltar: 40%  2001 Time series
# 8   Czech Republic: 37.6%  2003 Time series
# 9   Taiwan: 36.8%  2007 Time series
= 10   Malaysia: 36%  2005 Time series
= 10   Slovenia: 36%  2007 Time series
# 12   Belarus: 34.7%  2003 Time series
# 13   Germany: 33.4%  1999 Time series
# 14   Hungary: 33.3%  2003 Time series
# 15   Faroe Islands: 33%  2000 Time series
# 16   Croatia: 32.8%  2004 Time series
= 17   Dominica: 32%  2000 Time series
= 17   Kiribati: 32%  2000 Time series
= 17   Italy: 32%  2001 Time series
# 20   Iran: 31%  2007 Time series
# 21   Macedonia, Republic of: 30.4%  2007 Time series
# 22   Spain: 30.1%  2004 Time series
= 23   Portugal: 30%  2007 Time series
= 23   Montenegro: 30%  2004 Time series
# 25   Poland: 29%  2002 Time series
# 26   Russia: 28.8%  2007 Time series
# 27   Lithuania: 28.2%  2004 Time series
# 28   Japan: 27.8%  2004 Time series
= 30   Austria: 27%  2005 Time series
= 30   Ireland: 27%  2006 Time series
# 32   South Africa: 26%  2007 Time series
# 33   Sri Lanka: 25.3%  2006 Time series
= 34   Belgium: 25%  2007 Time series
= 34   Saudi Arabia: 25%  1999 Time series
= 34   China: 25%  2006 Time series
# 37   Saint Lucia: 24.7%  2002 Time series
# 38   France: 24.4%  1999 Time series
# 39   Dominican Republic: 24.3%  1998 Time series
= 40   Sweden: 24%  2000 Time series
= 40   Mexico: 24%  2003 Time series
= 40   Ecuador: 24%  2001 Time series
# 43   Switzerland: 23.7%  2005 Time series
# 44   Chile: 23.4%  2003 Time series
# 45   Romania: 23.2%  2006 Time series
= 46   Tunisia: 23%  1995 Time series
= 46   Argentina: 23%  2007 Time series
= 46   El Salvador: 23%  2006 Time series
= 46   Iceland: 23%  2005 Time series
= 46   Honduras: 23%  2003 Time series
= 46   Seychelles: 23%  2006 Time series
= 46   Libya: 23%  2004 Time series
= 53   Norway: 22%  1995 Time series
= 53   Malta: 22%  2005 Time series
= 53   Costa Rica: 22%  2006 Time series
# 56   Australia: 21.2%  2004 Time series
= 57   Denmark: 21%  2004 Time series
= 57   Netherlands: 21%  2005 Time series
# 59   Marshall Islands: 20.9%  2000 Time series
# 60   Cyprus: 20.5%  2006 Time series
# 61   Andorra: 20.3%  2005 Time series
= 62   New Caledonia: 20%  2002 Time series
= 62   Pakistan: 20%  2004 Time series
= 62   Ukraine: 20%  1996 Time series
= 62   Greece: 20%  2004 Time series
= 62   Netherlands Antilles: 20%  2005 Time series
= 62   Estonia: 20%  1999 Time series
= 62   Puerto Rico: 20%  2000 Time series
= 62   Guadeloupe: 20%  2002 Time series
= 62   Uzbekistan: 20%  1995 Time series
= 62   Namibia: 20%  1999 Time series
# 72   Cuba: 19.4%  2005 Time series
= 73   French Polynesia: 19%  2002 Time series
= 73   Nicaragua: 19%  2006 Time series
= 73   Gambia, The: 19%  1996 Time series
= 73   Latvia: 19%  2005 Time series
= 73   Jamaica: 19%  2006 Time series
= 73   New Zealand: 19%  2006 Time series
= 73   Virgin Islands: 19%  2003 Time series
# 80   Vietnam: 18.9%  2005 Time series
# 81   Colombia: 18.7%  2000 Time series
# 82   United Kingdom: 18.2%  2006 Time series
= 83   Maldives: 18%  1995 Time series
= 83   Indonesia: 18%  2004 Time series
= 83   Kazakhstan: 18%  2005 Time series
= 83   Gaza Strip: 18%  2005 Time series
= 83   Peru: 18%  2001 Time series
= 83   Panama: 18%  2006 Time series
# 89   Korea, South: 17.3%  2007 Time series
= 90   Paraguay: 17%  2007 Time series
= 90   Bolivia: 17%  2006 Time series
= 90   Egypt: 17%  2001 Time series
# 93   Armenia: 15.6%  2006 Time series
# 94   Belize: 15.2%  2005 Time series
= 95   Ghana: 15%  2005 Time series
= 95   Uruguay: 15%  2007 Time series
= 95   Philippines: 15%  2007 Time series
= 95   Kyrgyzstan: 15%  2000 Time series
= 95   Guatemala: 15%  1999 Time series
= 95   Albania: 15%  2006 Time series
= 95   Morocco: 15%  2003 Time series
= 95   Barbados: 15%  1996 Time series
= 95   United Arab Emirates: 15%  2000 Time series
= 95   Cook Islands: 15%  1995 Time series
= 95   West Bank: 15%  2006 Time series
# 106   Syria: 14.5%  2006 Time series
= 107   Suriname: 14%  2004 Time series
= 107   Turkmenistan: 14%  2004 Time series
= 107   Grenada: 14%  1999 Time series
= 107   Brazil: 14%  2003 Time series
= 107   Thailand: 14%  2000 Time series
= 112   Cameroon: 13%  2001 Time series
= 112   Luxembourg: 13%  2004 Time series
# 114   Cayman Islands: 12.6%  1995 Time series
# 115   Jordan: 12.5%  2001 Time series
# 116   Moldova: 12.1%  2005 Time series
= 117   India: 12%  2003 Time series
= 117   Réunion: 12%  2000 Time series
# 119   Mongolia: 11.7%  2006 Time series
= 120   Mauritania: 10%  2001 Time series
= 120   Afghanistan: 10%  2004 Time series
= 120   Guam: 10%  2004 Time series
= 120   Nigeria: 10%  1999 Time series
= 120   Zimbabwe: 10%  1996 Time series
# 125   Haiti: 9%  1995 Time series
# 126   Georgia: 8.9%  2006 Time series
# 127   Liberia: 8%  2000 Time series
# 128   Tajikistan: 7.5%  2000 Time series
= 129   Sudan: 7%  1998 Time series
= 129   Burma: 7%  2001 Time series
= 129   Azerbaijan: 7%  2001 Time series
= 132   Bhutan: 6%  2004 Time series
= 132   Zambia: 6%  2004 Time series
= 132   Nepal: 6%  2004 Time series
= 132   Niger: 6%  1995 Time series
= 136   Uganda: 5%  1999 Time series
= 136   Vanuatu: 5%  2000 Time series
= 136   Solomon Islands: 5%  2000 Time series
= 136   Togo: 5%  1998 Time series
# 140   Wallis and Futuna: 4%  2001 Time series
# 141   Burundi: 2.3%  2002 Time series
Weighted average: 20.2%  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 27.2%  



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: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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HASSAN SILLAH
22nd September 2009 		THERE IS NO DATA ABOUT THE GAMBIA, ON LABOR STATISTICS IN THE SERVICES SECTOR AND MANUFACTURING SECTOR

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