List of countries by sector composition of the labor force
 | This article needs to be updated. (July 2020) |
This is a list of countries by sector composition of the labor force, mostly based on World Bank and The World Factbook.[1]
| Country (or area) | Agriculture [%][2] | Industry [%][3] | Services [%][4] | Date of information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan *
|
46 | 18 | 36 | 2020 |
 Albania *
|
35 | 22 | 44 | 2021 |
 Algeria *
|
10 | 31 | 59 | 2021 |
 American Samoa *
|
34 | 33 | 33 | 1990 |
 Andorra *
|
0.4 | 4.7 | 94.9 | 2010 |
 Angola *
|
59 | 8 | 34 | 2021 |
 Anguilla *
|
4 | 3 | 92 | 2000 est. |
 Antigua and Barbuda *
|
7 | 11 | 82 | 1983 |
 Argentina *
|
8 | 20 | 72 | 2021 |
 Armenia *
|
30 | 18 | 52 | 2021 |
 Australia *
|
2 | 19 | 79 | 2021 |
 Austria *
|
4 | 26 | 71 | 2021 |
 Azerbaijan *
|
34 | 15 | 50 | 2021 |
 Bahamas *
|
3 | 12 | 85 | 2021 |
 Bahrain *
|
1 | 35 | 64 | 2021 |
 Bangladesh *
|
37 | 22 | 41 | 2021 |
 Barbados *
|
3 | 17 | 81 | 2021 |
 Belarus *
|
8 | 33 | 59 | 2021 |
 Belgium *
|
1 | 19 | 80 | 2021 |
 Belize *
|
21 | 19 | 60 | 2021 |
 Benin *
|
28 | 23 | 49 | 2021 |
 Bermuda *
|
3 | 17 | 80 | 2004 est. |
 Bhutan *
|
56 | 10 | 34 | 2021 |
 Bolivia *
|
29 | 19 | 52 | 2021 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina *
|
11 | 34 | 54 | 2021 |
 Botswana *
|
23 | 15 | 62 | 2021 |
 Brazil *
|
10 | 21 | 70 | 2021 |
 British Virgin Islands *
|
0.6 | 40 | 59.4 | 2005 |
 Brunei *
|
1 | 24 | 74 | 2021 |
 Bulgaria *
|
6 | 31 | 63 | 2021 |
 Burkina Faso *
|
73 | 7 | 20 | 2021 |
 Burma *
|
46 | 19 | 35 | 2020 |
 Burundi *
|
86 | 4 | 11 | 2021 |
 Cambodia *
|
39 | 25 | 36 | 2021 |
 Cameroon *
|
43 | 16 | 42 | 2021 |
 Canada *
|
1 | 19 | 79 | 2021 |
 Cape Verde *
|
11 | 22 | 67 | 2021 |
 Cayman Islands *
|
1.9 | 19.1 | 79 | 2008 est. |
 Central African Republic *
|
69 | 7 | 25 | 2021 |
 Chad *
|
69 | 10 | 21 | 2021 |
| Channel Islands | 2 | 25 | 72 | 2021 |
 Chile *
|
7 | 23 | 70 | 2021 |
 China *
|
24 | 28 | 47 | 2021 |
 Colombia *
|
16 | 20 | 64 | 2021 |
 Comoros *
|
35 | 20 | 45 | 2021 |
 Congo *
|
36 | 21 | 43 | 2021 |
 Cook Islands *
|
29 | 15 | 56 | 2006 est. |
 Costa Rica *
|
17 | 17 | 66 | 2021 |
 Croatia *
|
7 | 29 | 64 | 2021 |
 Cuba *
|
18 | 17 | 65 | 2021 |
 Cyprus *
|
3 | 18 | 79 | 2021 |
 Czech Republic *
|
3 | 37 | 61 | 2021 |
 Denmark *
|
2 | 19 | 79 | 2021 |
 Djibouti *
|
1 | 6 | 93 | 2021 |
 Dominica *
|
40 | 32 | 28 | 2000 est. |
 Dominican Republic *
|
8 | 20 | 71 | 2021 |
 DR Congo *
|
55 | 10 | 35 | 2021 |
 Ecuador *
|
32 | 17 | 51 | 2021 |
 Egypt *
|
20 | 29 | 51 | 2021 |
 El Salvador *
|
15 | 24 | 61 | 2021 |
 Equatorial Guinea *
|
56 | 14 | 31 | 2021 |
 Eritrea *
|
62 | 9 | 29 | 2021 |
 Estonia *
|
3 | 29 | 68 | 2021 |
 Ethiopia *
|
64 | 10 | 26 | 2021 |
 European Union *
|
4 | 25 | 71 | 2021 |
 Falkland Islands *
|
95 | [a]5 | 5 | 1996 |
 Faroe Islands *
|
10.2 | 20.5 | 69.2 | 2008 |
 Fiji *
|
29 | 15 | 56 | 2021 |
 Finland *
|
4 | 21 | 74 | 2021 |
 France *
|
3 | 19 | 78 | 2021 |
 French Polynesia *
|
2 | 15 | 83 | 2021 |
 Gabon *
|
29 | 16 | 55 | 2021 |
 Gambia *
|
49 | 7 | 44 | 2021 |
 Georgia *
|
40 | 14 | 46 | 2021 |
 Germany *
|
1 | 28 | 71 | 2021 |
 Ghana *
|
39 | 19 | 41 | 2021 |
 Gibraltar *
|
N/A | 40 | 60 | 2001 |
 Greece *
|
11 | 15 | 73 | 2021 |
 Greenland *
|
4.9 | 31.90% | 63.2 | 2007 est. |
 Grenada *
|
24 | 14 | 62 | 1999 est. |
 Guam *
|
0 | 14 | 86 | 2021 |
 Guatemala *
|
29 | 22 | 49 | 2021 |
 Guinea *
|
59 | 7 | 34 | 2021 |
 Guinea-Bissau *
|
50 | 10 | 39 | 2021 |
 Guyana *
|
13 | 25 | 62 | 2021 |
 Haiti *
|
46 | 12 | 42 | 2021 |
 Honduras *
|
25 | 23 | 52 | 2021 |
 Hong Kong *
|
0 | 14 | 86 | 2021 |
 Hungary *
|
4 | 31 | 64 | 2021 |
 Iceland *
|
4 | 19 | 77 | 2021 |
 India *
|
44 | 25 | 31 | 2021 |
 Indonesia *
|
29 | 22 | 49 | 2021 |
 Iran *
|
16 | 34 | 49 | 2021 |
 Iraq *
|
20 | 21 | 59 | 2021 |
 Ireland *
|
4 | 19 | 77 | 2021 |
 Israel *
|
1 | 17 | 82 | 2021 |
 Italy *
|
4 | 27 | 69 | 2021 |
 Ivory Coast *
|
45 | 11 | 44 | 2021 |
 Jamaica *
|
16 | 16 | 68 | 2021 |
 Japan *
|
3 | 24 | 73 | 2021 |
 Jordan *
|
3 | 18 | 79 | 2021 |
 Kazakhstan *
|
15 | 21 | 64 | 2021 |
 Kenya *
|
33 | 16 | 51 | 2021 |
 Kiribati *
|
2.7 | 32% | 65.3 | 2000 |
 Kuwait *
|
2 | 25 | 73 | 2021 |
 Kyrgyzstan *
|
17 | 27 | 57 | 2021 |
 Laos *
|
58 | 11 | 31 | 2021 |
 Latvia *
|
7 | 24 | 70 | 2021 |
 Lebanon *
|
4 | 21 | 75 | 2021 |
 Lesotho *
|
30 | 35 | 35 | 2021 |
 Liberia *
|
41 | 8 | 51 | 2021 |
 Libya *
|
16 | 19 | 64 | 2021 |
 Liechtenstein *
|
1.5 | 43.5 | 55 | Dec 2006 |
 Lithuania *
|
5 | 26 | 68 | 2021 |
 Luxembourg *
|
1 | 9 | 89 | 2021 |
 Macau *
|
1 | 11 | 88 | 2021 |
 Macedonia *
|
11 | 31 | 58 | 2021 |
 Madagascar *
|
74 | 10 | 16 | 2021 |
 Malawi *
|
62 | 8 | 30 | 2021 |
 Malaysia *
|
10 | 28 | 62 | 2021 |
 Maldives *
|
11 | 26 | 63 | 2021 |
 Mali *
|
68 | 10 | 22 | 2021 |
 Malta *
|
1 | 18 | 81 | 2021 |
 Marshall Islands *
|
21.4 | 20.9 | 57.7 | 2000 |
 Mauritania *
|
29 | 19 | 52 | 2021 |
 Mauritius *
|
5 | 24 | 71 | 2021 |
 Mexico *
|
12 | 26 | 62 | 2021 |
 Moldova *
|
38 | 16 | 46 | 2021 |
 Mongolia *
|
24 | 21 | 55 | 2021 |
 Montenegro *
|
7 | 19 | 74 | 2021 |
 Morocco *
|
35 | 23 | 43 | 2021 |
 Mozambique *
|
70 | 9 | 20 | 2021 |
 Namibia *
|
22 | 16 | 61 | 2021 |
 Nepal *
|
62 | 16 | 22 | 2021 |
 Netherlands *
|
2 | 14 | 84 | 2021 |
 Netherlands Antilles
|
1 | 15 | 84 | 2007 est. |
 New Caledonia *
|
4 | 27 | 69 | 2021 |
 New Zealand *
|
6 | 20 | 74 | 2021 |
 Nicaragua *
|
29 | 18 | 53 | 2021 |
 Niger *
|
71 | 8 | 22 | 2021 |
 Nigeria *
|
35 | 13 | 52 | 2021 |
 North Korea *
|
44 | 14 | 42 | 2021 |
 Norway *
|
2 | 19 | 78 | 2021 |
 Oman *
|
4 | 48 | 48 | 2021 |
 Pakistan *
|
38 | 25 | 37 | 2021 |
 Palau *
|
20 | N/A | N/A | 1990 |
 Panama *
|
16 | 17 | 68 | 2021 |
 Papua New Guinea *
|
17 | 10 | 73 | 2021 |
 Paraguay *
|
20 | 19 | 61 | 2021 |
 Peru *
|
28 | 17 | 55 | 2021 |
 Philippines *
|
24 | 19 | 57 | 2021 |
 Poland *
|
8 | 31 | 61 | 2021 |
 Portugal *
|
5 | 24 | 71 | 2021 |
 Puerto Rico *
|
1 | 12 | 87 | 2021 |
 Qatar *
|
1 | 54 | 45 | 2021 |
 Romania *
|
19 | 30 | 51 | 2021 |
 Russia *
|
6 | 27 | 67 | 2021 |
 Rwanda *
|
55 | 19 | 27 | 2021 |
 Saint Helena *
|
6 | 48 | 46 | 1987 est. |
 Saint Lucia *
|
11 | 16 | 74 | 2021 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon *
|
18 | 41 | 41 | 1996 est. |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *
|
10 | 21 | 69 | 2021 |
 Samoa *
|
24 | 16 | 59 | 2021 |
 San Marino *
|
0.2 | 36.3 | 63.5 | Jun 2010 est. |
 São Tomé and Príncipe *
|
18 | 20 | 62 | 2021 |
 Saudi Arabia *
|
3 | 20 | 77 | 2021 |
 Senegal *
|
22 | 23 | 56 | 2021 |
 Serbia *
|
14 | 29 | 57 | 2021 |
 Seychelles *
|
3 | 23 | 74 | 2006 |
 Sierra Leone *
|
43 | 12 | 45 | 2021 |
 Singapore *
|
0 | 14 | 85 | 2021 |
 Slovakia *
|
2 | 37 | 61 | 2021 |
 Slovenia *
|
4 | 30 | 66 | 2021 |
 Solomon Islands *
|
38 | 11 | 51 | 2021 |
 Somalia *
|
26 | 18 | 56 | 2021 |
 South Africa *
|
21 | 17 | 61 | 2021 |
 South Korea *
|
5 | 25 | 70 | 2021 |
 South Sudan *
|
62 | 13 | 25 | 2021 |
 Spain *
|
4 | 20 | 76 | 2021 |
 Sri Lanka *
|
26 | 28 | 46 | 2021 |
 Sudan *
|
41 | 15 | 45 | 2021 |
 Suriname *
|
8 | 27 | 65 | 2021 |
 Eswatini *
|
12 | 24 | 63 | 2021 |
 Sweden *
|
2 | 18 | 80 | 2021 |
 Switzerland *
|
2 | 20 | 78 | 2021 |
 Syria *
|
12 | 22 | 65 | 2021 |
 Taiwan *
|
5.2 | 35.9 | 58.8 | 2010 est. |
 Tajikistan *
|
43 | 20 | 37 | 2021 |
 Tanzania *
|
64 | 7 | 28 | 2021 |
 Thailand *
|
32 | 23 | 46 | 2021 |
 East Timor *
|
42 | 14 | 44 | 2021 |
 Togo *
|
31 | 20 | 49 | 2021 |
 Tonga *
|
30 | 27 | 43 | 2021 |
 Trinidad and Tobago *
|
3 | 26 | 71 | 2021 |
 Tunisia *
|
14 | 34 | 52 | 2021 |
 Turkey *
|
17 | 27 | 56 | 2021 |
 Turkmenistan *
|
22 | 34 | 43 | 2021 |
 U.S. Virgin Islands *
|
2 | 17 | 81 | 2021 |
 Uganda *
|
63 | 9 | 28 | 2021 |
 Ukraine *
|
15 | 24 | 61 | 2021 |
 United Arab Emirates *
|
2 | 27 | 71 | 2021 |
 United Kingdom *
|
1 | 18 | 81 | 2021 |
 United States *
|
2 | 19 | 79 | 2021 |
 Uruguay *
|
8 | 19 | 73 | 2021 |
 Uzbekistan *
|
24 | 25 | 51 | 2021 |
 Vanuatu *
|
48 | 8 | 43 | 2021 |
 Venezuela *
|
13 | 18 | 69 | 2021 |
 Vietnam *
|
29 | 33 | 38 | 2021 |
| Wallis and Futuna *
|
80 | 4 | 16 | 2001 est. |
 Palestine *
|
7 | 32 | 61 | 2021 |
 Western Sahara *
|
50 | [a]50 | 50 | 2005 est. |
| World | 26 | 23 | 50 | 2021 |
 Yemen *
|
28 | 12 | 60 | 2021 |
 Zambia *
|
59 | 9 | 33 | 2021 |
 Zimbabwe *
|
62 | 12 | 27 | 2021 |
Notes[edit]
This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.
- ^ "Field Listing :: Labor force - by occupation — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)".
- ^ "Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)".
- ^ "Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)".