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SOURCE
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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.
Labor Statistics > Labor force > By occupation > Note (most recent) by country
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| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Aruba |
most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others |
| European Union |
the remainder is in miscellaneous public and private sector industries and services |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
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 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
0.9% two-thirds are government employees, 34.4%, 64.7% |
| Nauru |
employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation |
| Niue |
most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board |
| Pitcairn Islands |
no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
excluding Kosovo and Montenegro |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers |
| 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) |
| Yemen |
most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force |
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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