FACTOID # 10: In Switzerland, the average person has to work for 102 minutes to buy a kilogram of beef - one of the longest times in the developed world. On the other hand, they only have work 14 hours to buy a refrigerator for it.
 
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Labor Statistics > Labor force > By occupation > Services (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
= 1   Cayman Islands: 86%  1995 Time series
= 1   Luxembourg: 86%  2004 Time series
# 3   Jordan: 82.5%  2001 Time series
# 4   United Kingdom: 80.4%  2006 Time series
# 5   Virgin Islands: 80%  2003 Time series
# 6   Andorra: 79.4%  2005 Time series
# 7   Netherlands Antilles: 79%  2005 Time series
= 8   Suriname: 78%  2004 Time series
= 8   United Arab Emirates: 78%  2000 Time series
# 10   Puerto Rico: 77%  2000 Time series
= 11   Denmark: 76%  2004 Time series
= 11   Argentina: 76%  2007 Time series
= 11   Netherlands: 76%  2005 Time series
= 11   Uruguay: 76%  2007 Time series
= 15   Australia: 75.2%  2004 Time series
= 15   Korea, South: 75.2%  2007 Time series
= 17   Barbados: 75%  1996 Time series
= 17   Réunion: 75%  2000 Time series
= 17   Malta: 75%  2005 Time series
= 20   Norway: 74%  1995 Time series
= 20   New Zealand: 74%  2006 Time series
= 20   Seychelles: 74%  2006 Time series
= 20   Sweden: 74%  2000 Time series
= 24   Belgium: 73%  2007 Time series
= 24   Peru: 73%  2001 Time series
# 26   Switzerland: 72.5%  2005 Time series
# 27   Iceland: 71.8%  2005 Time series
# 28   France: 71.5%  1999 Time series
# 29   Cyprus: 71%  2006 Time series
= 30   Austria: 70%  2005 Time series
= 30   Gaza Strip: 70%  2005 Time series
# 32   Estonia: 69%  1999 Time series
= 33   Montenegro: 68%  2004 Time series
= 33   Ecuador: 68%  2001 Time series
= 33   French Polynesia: 68%  2002 Time series
= 33   Latvia: 68%  2005 Time series
= 33   Greece: 68%  2004 Time series
# 38   Japan: 67.7%  2004 Time series
= 40   Ireland: 67%  2006 Time series
= 40   Panama: 67%  2006 Time series
= 40   West Bank: 67%  2006 Time series
# 43   Syria: 66.3%  2006 Time series
# 44   Brazil: 66%  2003 Time series
# 45   Kiribati: 65.3%  2000 Time series
= 46   South Africa: 65%  2007 Time series
= 46   Guadeloupe: 65%  2002 Time series
# 48   Spain: 64.6%  2004 Time series
# 49   Croatia: 64.5%  2004 Time series
= 50   Costa Rica: 64%  2006 Time series
= 50   Jamaica: 64%  2006 Time series
= 50   Guam: 64%  2004 Time series
# 53   Germany: 63.8%  1999 Time series
= 54   Saudi Arabia: 63%  1999 Time series
= 54   Italy: 63%  2001 Time series
= 54   Chile: 63%  2003 Time series
# 57   Belize: 62.3%  2005 Time series
# 58   Grenada: 62%  1999 Time series
# 59   Slovenia: 61.5%  2007 Time series
# 60   Hungary: 61.2%  2003 Time series
# 61   Cuba: 60.6%  2005 Time series
# 62   Russia: 60.5%  2007 Time series
= 63   Maldives: 60%  1995 Time series
= 63   Portugal: 60%  2007 Time series
= 63   New Caledonia: 60%  2002 Time series
= 63   Gibraltar: 60%  2001 Time series
# 67   San Marino: 59.7%  2006 Time series
# 68   British Virgin Islands: 59.4%  2005 Time series
# 69   Libya: 59%  2004 Time series
# 70   Dominican Republic: 58.7%  1998 Time series
# 71   Colombia: 58.5%  2000 Time series
# 72   Czech Republic: 58.3%  2003 Time series
= 73   El Salvador: 58%  2006 Time series
= 73   Mexico: 58%  2003 Time series
# 75   Taiwan: 57.9%  2007 Time series
# 76   Marshall Islands: 57.7%  2000 Time series
= 77   Cook Islands: 56%  1995 Time series
= 77   Lithuania: 56%  2004 Time series
# 79   Ukraine: 55%  1996 Time series
# 80   Poland: 54.9%  2002 Time series
# 81   Liechtenstein: 54%  2005 Time series
# 82   Saint Lucia: 53.6%  2002 Time series
= 83   Paraguay: 52%  2007 Time series
= 83   Nicaragua: 52%  2006 Time series
= 83   Azerbaijan: 52%  2001 Time series
# 86   Belarus: 51.3%  2003 Time series
= 87   Egypt: 51%  2001 Time series
= 87   Malaysia: 51%  2005 Time series
= 89   Macedonia, Republic of: 50%  2007 Time series
= 89   Philippines: 50%  2007 Time series
# 91   Kazakhstan: 49.8%  2005 Time series
# 92   Mongolia: 49.4%  2006 Time series
# 93   Moldova: 47.2%  2005 Time series
# 94   Romania: 47.1%  2006 Time series
= 95   Morocco: 45%  2003 Time series
= 95   Iran: 45%  2007 Time series
= 97   Honduras: 43%  2003 Time series
= 97   Bolivia: 43%  2006 Time series
# 99   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 41%  1996 Time series
# 100   Sri Lanka: 40.4%  2006 Time series
# 101   Mauritania: 40%  2001 Time series
# 102   Indonesia: 38.7%  2004 Time series
# 103   Armenia: 38.2%  2006 Time series
# 104   Pakistan: 38%  2004 Time series
# 105   Turkmenistan: 37.8%  2004 Time series
# 106   Thailand: 37%  2000 Time series
= 107   Brunei: 36%  2003 Time series
= 107   Uzbekistan: 36%  1995 Time series
# 109   Georgia: 35.5%  2006 Time series
# 110   Guatemala: 35%  1999 Time series
# 111   Faroe Islands: 34%  2000 Time series
# 112   Namibia: 33%  1999 Time series
# 113   China: 32%  2006 Time series
# 114   Bhutan: 31%  2004 Time series
= 115   Togo: 30%  1998 Time series
= 115   Vanuatu: 30%  2000 Time series
= 115   Kyrgyzstan: 30%  2000 Time series
# 118   Ghana: 29%  2005 Time series
= 119   Dominica: 28%  2000 Time series
= 119   India: 28%  2003 Time series
# 121   Albania: 27%  2006 Time series
# 122   Vietnam: 25.5%  2005 Time series
# 123   Tajikistan: 25.3%  2000 Time series
# 124   Haiti: 25%  1995 Time series
= 125   Zimbabwe: 24%  1996 Time series
= 125   Serbia and Montenegro: 24%  2002 Time series
# 127   Burma: 23%  2001 Time series
= 128   Tunisia: 22%  1995 Time series
= 128   Liberia: 22%  2000 Time series
= 130   Solomon Islands: 20%  2000 Time series
= 130   Nigeria: 20%  1999 Time series
# 132   Nepal: 18%  2004 Time series
# 133   Cameroon: 17%  2001 Time series
# 134   Wallis and Futuna: 16%  2001 Time series
= 135   Sudan: 13%  1998 Time series
= 135   Uganda: 13%  1999 Time series
# 137   Afghanistan: 10%  2004 Time series
# 138   Zambia: 9%  2004 Time series
# 139   Gambia, The: 6%  1996 Time series
# 140   Burundi: 4.1%  2002 Time series
# 141   Niger: 4%  1995 Time series
Weighted average: 52.2%  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 67.2%  



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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