|
Country
|
Labor force - by occupation (%)
|
|
Afghanistan
|
agriculture: 80%
industry: 10%
services: 10% (2004 est.)
|
|
Albania
|
agriculture: 58%
industry: 15%
services: 27% (September 2006 est.)
|
|
Algeria
|
agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% (2003 est.)
|
|
American Samoa
|
agriculture: 34%
industry: 33%
services: 33% (1990)
|
|
Andorra
|
agriculture: 0.3%
industry: 20.3%
services: 79.4% (2005)
|
|
Angola
|
agriculture: 85%
industry and services: 15% (2003 est.)
|
|
Anguilla
|
agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%, services 29% (2000 est.)
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
agriculture: 7%
industry: 11%
services: 82% (1983)
|
|
Argentina
|
agriculture: 1%
industry: 23%
services: 76% (2007 est.)
|
|
Armenia
|
agriculture: 45%
industry: 25%
services: 30% (2002 est.)
|
|
Aruba
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
note: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining
|
|
Australia
|
agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 21.2%
services: 75.2% (2004 est.)
|
|
Austria
|
agriculture: 3%
industry: 27%
services: 70% (2005 est.)
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
agriculture: 41%
industry: 7%
services: 52% (2001)
|
|
Bahamas, The
|
agriculture 5%, industry 5%, tourism 50%, other services 40% (2005 est.)
|
|
Bahrain
|
agriculture: 1%
industry: 79%
services: 20% (1997 est.)
|
|
Bangladesh
|
agriculture: 63%
industry: 11%
services: 26% (FY95/96)
|
|
Barbados
|
agriculture: 10%
industry: 15%
services: 75% (1996 est.)
|
|
Belarus
|
agriculture: 14%
industry: 34.7%
services: 51.3% (2003 est.)
|
|
Belgium
|
agriculture: 1.3%
industry: 24.5%
services: 74.2% (2003 est.)
|
|
Belize
|
agriculture: 22.5%
industry: 15.2%
services: 62.3% (2005 est.)
|
|
Bermuda
|
agriculture and fishing 3%, laborers 17%, clerical 19%, professional and technical 21%, administrative and managerial 15%, sales 7%, services 19% (2004 est.)
|
|
Bhutan
|
agriculture: 63%
industry: 6%
services: 31% (2004 est.)
|
|
Bolivia
|
agriculture: 40%
industry: 17%
services: 43% (2006 est.)
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Botswana
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Brazil
|
agriculture: 20%
industry: 14%
services: 66% (2003 est.)
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
agriculture: 0.6%
industry: 40%
services: 59.4% (2005)
|
|
Brunei
|
agriculture: 2.9%
industry: 61.1%
services: 36% (2003 est.)
|
|
Bulgaria
|
agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 33.6%
services: 57.9% (2nd qtr. 2006 est.)
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2000 est.)
|
|
Burma
|
agriculture: 70%
industry: 7%
services: 23% (2001 est.)
|
|
Burundi
|
agriculture: 93.6%
industry: 2.3%
services: 4.1% (2002 est.)
|
|
Cambodia
|
agriculture: 75%
industry: NA%
services: NA% (2004 est.)
|
|
Cameroon
|
agriculture: 70%
industry: 13%
services: 17% (2001 est.)
|
|
Canada
|
agriculture 2%, manufacturing 13%, construction 6%, services 76%, other 3% (2006)
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 12.6%
services: 86% (1995)
|
|
Chad
|
agriculture: 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
industry and services: 20% (2006 est.)
|
|
Chile
|
agriculture: 13.6%
industry: 23.4%
services: 63% (2003)
|
|
China
|
agriculture: 43%
industry: 25%
services: 32% (2006 est.)
|
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
|
|
Colombia
|
agriculture: 22.7%
industry: 18.7%
services: 58.5% (2000 est.)
|
|
Comoros
|
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (1996 est.)
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Cook Islands
|
agriculture: 29%
industry: 15%
services: 56% (1995)
|
|
Costa Rica
|
agriculture: 14%
industry: 22%
services: 64% (2006 est.)
|
|
Croatia
|
agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 32.8%
services: 64.5% (2004)
|
|
Cuba
|
agriculture: 20%
industry: 19.4%
services: 60.6% (2005)
|
|
Cyprus
|
area under government control: agriculture 7.4%, industry 38.2%, services 54.4% (2004 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: agriculture 14.5%, industry 29%, services 56.5% (2004 est.) (2004 est.)
|
|
Czech Republic
|
agriculture: 4.1%
industry: 37.6%
services: 58.3% (2003)
|
|
Denmark
|
agriculture: 3%
industry: 21%
services: 76% (2004 est.)
|
|
Djibouti
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Dominica
|
agriculture: 40%
industry: 32%
services: 28% (2000 est.)
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
agriculture: 17%
industry: 24.3%
services: 58.7% (1998 est.)
|
|
Ecuador
|
agriculture: 8%
industry: 24%
services: 68% (2001)
|
|
Egypt
|
agriculture: 32%
industry: 17%
services: 51% (2001 est.)
|
|
El Salvador
|
agriculture: 19%
industry: 23%
services: 58% (2006 est.)
|
|
Eritrea
|
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2004 est.)
|
|
Estonia
|
agriculture: 11%
industry: 20%
services: 69% (1999 est.)
|
|
Ethiopia
|
agriculture: 80%
industry: 8%
services: 12% (1985)
|
|
European Union
|
agriculture: 4.4%
industry: 27.1%
services: 67.1%
note: the remainder is in miscellaneous public and private sector industries and services (2002 est.)
|
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
agriculture: 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)
industry and services: 5% (1996)
|
|
Faroe Islands
|
agriculture: 33%
industry: 33%
services: 34% (October 2000)
|
|
Fiji
|
agriculture: 70%
industry and services: 30% (2001 est.)
|
|
Finland
|
agriculture and forestry 4.4%, industry 17.5%, construction 6%, commerce 22%, finance, insurance, and business services 12%, transport and communications 8%, public services 30.2% (2000 est.)
|
|
France
|
agriculture: 4.1%
industry: 24.4%
services: 71.5% (1999)
|
|
French Polynesia
|
agriculture: 13%
industry: 19%
services: 68% (2002)
|
|
Gabon
|
agriculture: 60%
industry: 15%
services: 25%
|
|
Gambia, The
|
agriculture: 75%
industry: 19%
services: 6% (1996)
|
|
Gaza Strip
|
agriculture: 12%
industry: 18%
services: 70% (2005)
|
|
Georgia
|
agriculture: 40%
industry: 20%
services: 40% (1999 est.)
|
|
Germany
|
agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 33.4%
services: 63.8% (1999)
|
|
Ghana
|
agriculture: 60%
industry: 15%
services: 25% (1999 est.)
|
|
Gibraltar
|
agriculture: negligible
industry: 40%
services: 60% (2001)
|
|
Greece
|
agriculture: 12%
industry: 20%
services: 68% (2004 est.)
|
|
Grenada
|
agriculture: 24%
industry: 14%
services: 62% (1999 est.)
|
|
Guam
|
agriculture: 26%
industry: 10%
services: 64% (2004 est.)
|
|
Guatemala
|
agriculture: 50%
industry: 15%
services: 35% (1999 est.)
|
|
Guinea
|
agriculture: 76%
industry and services: 24% (2006 est.)
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
agriculture: 82%
industry and services: 18% (2000 est.)
|
|
Guyana
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Haiti
|
agriculture: 66%
industry: 9%
services: 25% (1995)
|
|
Holy See (Vatican City)
|
note: 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
|
|
Honduras
|
agriculture: 34%
industry: 23%
services: 43% (2003 est.)
|
|
Hong Kong
|
manufacturing 7.5%, construction 2.9%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.9%, financing, insurance, and real estate 19.6%, transport and communications 7.1%, community and social services 18.8%
note: above data exclude public sector (2005 est.)
|
|
Hungary
|
agriculture: 5.5%
industry: 33.3%
services: 61.2% (2003)
|
|
Iceland
|
agriculture: 5.1%
industry: 23%
services: 71.4% (2005)
|
|
India
|
agriculture: 60%
industry: 12%
services: 28% (2003)
|
|
Indonesia
|
agriculture: 43.3%
industry: 18%
services: 38.7% (2004 est.)
|
|
Iran
|
agriculture: 25%
industry: 31%
services: 45% (June 2007)
|
|
Iraq
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Ireland
|
agriculture: 6%
industry: 27%
services: 67% (2006 est.)
|
|
Isle of Man
|
agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3%, manufacturing 11%, construction 10%, transport and communication 8%, wholesale and retail distribution 11%, professional and scientific services 18%, public administration 6%, banking and finance 18%, tourism 2%, entertainment and catering 3%, miscellaneous services 10% (2001)
|
|
Israel
|
agriculture 18.5%, industry 23.7%, services 50%, other 7.8% (2002)
|
|
Italy
|
agriculture: 5%
industry: 32%
services: 63% (2001)
|
|
Jamaica
|
agriculture: 17%
industry: 19%
services: 64% (2006)
|
|
Japan
|
agriculture: 4.6%
industry: 27.8%
services: 67.7% (2004)
|
|
Jordan
|
agriculture: 5%
industry: 12.5%
services: 82.5% (2001 est.)
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
agriculture: 20%
industry: 30%
services: 50% (2002 est.)
|
|
Kenya
|
agriculture: 75%
industry and services: 25% (2003 est.)
|
|
Kiribati
|
agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 32%
services: 65.3% (2000)
|
|
Korea, North
|
agriculture: 36%
industry and services: 64% (2002 est.)
|
|
Korea, South
|
agriculture: 8.8%
industry: 18.3%
services: 72.9% (2006)
|
|
Kuwait
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
agriculture: 55%
industry: 15%
services: 30% (2000 est.)
|
|
Laos
|
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
|
|
Latvia
|
agriculture: 13%
industry: 19%
services: 68% (2005 est.)
|
|
Lebanon
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Lesotho
|
agriculture: 86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa
industry and services: 14% (2002 est.)
|
|
Liberia
|
agriculture: 70%
industry: 8%
services: 22% (2000 est.)
|
|
Libya
|
agriculture: 17%
industry: 23%
services: 59% (2004 est.)
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
agriculture: 2%
industry: 47%
services: 51% (31 December 2001)
|
|
Lithuania
|
agriculture: 15.8%
industry: 28.2%
services: 56% (2004)
|
|
Luxembourg
|
agriculture: 1%
industry: 13%
services: 86% (2004 est.)
|
|
Macau
|
manufacturing 13.7%, construction 10.5%, transport and communications 5.9%, wholesale and retail trade 14.6%, restaurants and hotels 10.3%, gambling 17.9%, public sector 7.8%, other services and agriculture 19.3% (2005 est.)
|
|
Macedonia
|
agriculture: 21.7%
industry: 32.6%
services: 45.7% (September 2006)
|
|
Malawi
|
agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2003 est.)
|
|
Malaysia
|
agriculture: 13%
industry: 36%
services: 51% (2005 est.)
|
|
Maldives
|
agriculture: 22%
industry: 18%
services: 60% (1995)
|
|
Mali
|
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2001 est.)
|
|
Malta
|
agriculture: 3%
industry: 22%
services: 75% (2005 est.)
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
agriculture: 21.4%
industry: 20.9%
services: 57.7% (2000)
|
|
Mauritania
|
agriculture: 50%
industry: 10%
services: 40% (2001 est.)
|
|
Mauritius
|
agriculture and fishing 14%, construction and industry 36%, transportation and communication 7%, trade, restaurants, hotels 16%, finance 3%, other services 24% (1995)
|
|
Mexico
|
agriculture: 18%
industry: 24%
services: 58% (2003)
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
agriculture 0.9%, industry 0.9%, services 64.7%
note: 34.4%, two-thirds are government employees (FY05 est.)
|
|
Moldova
|
agriculture: 40.7%
industry: 12.1%
services: 47.2% (2005 est.)
|
|
Mongolia
|
agriculture: 39.9%
industry: 11.7%
services: 49.4% (2006)
|
|
Montenegro
|
agriculture: 2%
industry: 30%
services: 68% (2004 est.)
|
|
Morocco
|
agriculture: 40%
industry: 15%
services: 45% (2003 est.)
|
|
Mozambique
|
agriculture: 81%
industry: 6%
services: 13% (1997 est.)
|
|
Namibia
|
agriculture: 47%
industry: 20%
services: 33% (1999 est.)
|
|
Nauru
|
note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation (1992)
|
|
Nepal
|
agriculture: 76%
industry: 6%
services: 18% (2004 est.)
|
|
Netherlands
|
agriculture: 3%
industry: 21%
services: 76% (2005 est.)
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
agriculture: 1%
industry: 20%
services: 79% (2005 est.)
|
|
New Caledonia
|
agriculture: 20%
industry: 20%
services: 60% (2002)
|
|
New Zealand
|
agriculture: 7%
industry: 19%
services: 74% (2006 est.)
|
|
Nicaragua
|
agriculture: 29%
industry: 19%
services: 52% (2006 est.)
|
|
Niger
|
agriculture: 90%
industry: 6%
services: 4% (1995)
|
|
Nigeria
|
agriculture: 70%
industry: 10%
services: 20% (1999 est.)
|
|
Niue
|
note: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board
|
|
Norfolk Island
|
agriculture: 10%
industry and services: 90%
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Norway
|
agriculture: 4%
industry: 22%
services: 74% (1995)
|
|
Oman
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Pakistan
|
agriculture: 42%
industry: 20%
services: 38% (2004 est.)
|
|
Palau
|
agriculture: 20%
industry: NA%
services: NA% (1990)
|
|
Panama
|
agriculture: 15%
industry: 18%
services: 67% (2006 est.)
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
agriculture: 85%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Paraguay
|
agriculture: 45%
industry: NA%
services: NA% (2003)
|
|
Peru
|
agriculture: 9%
industry: 18%
services: 73% (2001)
|
|
Philippines
|
agriculture: 36%
industry: 15%
services: 49% (2004 est.)
|
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
|
|
Poland
|
agriculture: 16.1%
industry: 29%
services: 54.9% (2002)
|
|
Portugal
|
agriculture: 10%
industry: 30%
services: 60% (2001 est.)
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
agriculture: 3%
industry: 20%
services: 77% (2000 est.)
|
|
Romania
|
agriculture: 31.6%
industry: 30.7%
services: 37.7% (2004)
|
|
Russia
|
agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 29.7%
services: 61.8% (2006 est.)
|
|
Rwanda
|
agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2000)
|
|
Saint Helena
|
agriculture: 6%
industry: 48%
services: 46% (1987 est.)
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
agriculture: 21.7%
industry: 24.7%
services: 53.6% (2002 est.)
|
|
Saint Martin
|
85% directly or indirectly employed in tourist industry
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
agriculture: 18%
industry: 41%
services: 41% (1996 est.)
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
agriculture: 26%
industry: 17%
services: 57% (1980 est.)
|
|
Samoa
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
San Marino
|
agriculture: 0.2%
industry: 40.1%
services: 59.7% (2006 est.)
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
note: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
agriculture: 12%
industry: 25%
services: 63% (1999 est.)
|
|
Senegal
|
agriculture: 77%
industry and services: 23% (1990 est.)
|
|
Serbia
|
agriculture: 30%
industry: 46%
services: 24%
note: excluding Kosovo and Montenegro (2002)
|
|
Seychelles
|
agriculture: 10%
industry: 19%
services: 71% (1989)
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Singapore
|
manufacturing 18%, construction 6%, transportation and communication 11%, financial, business, and other services 39%, other 26% (2003)
|
|
Slovakia
|
agriculture 5.8%, industry 29.3%, construction 9%, services 55.9% (2003)
|
|
Slovenia
|
agriculture: 4.8%
industry: 39.1%
services: 56.1% (2004)
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
agriculture: 75%
industry: 5%
services: 20% (2000 est.)
|
|
Somalia
|
agriculture: 71%
industry and services: 29% (1975)
|
|
South Africa
|
agriculture: 30%
industry: 25%
services: 45% (1999 est.)
|
|
Spain
|
agriculture: 5.3%
industry: 30.1%
services: 64.6% (2004 est.)
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
agriculture: 34.3%
industry: 25.3%
services: 40.4% (30 June 2006 est.)
|
|
Sudan
|
agriculture: 80%
industry: 7%
services: 13% (1998 est.)
|
|
Suriname
|
agriculture: 8%
industry: 14%
services: 78% (2004)
|
|
Swaziland
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Sweden
|
agriculture: 2%
industry: 24%
services: 74% (2000 est.)
|
|
Switzerland
|
agriculture: 4.6%
industry: 26.3%
services: 69.1% (1998)
|
|
Syria
|
agriculture: 26%
industry: 14%
services: 60% (2003 est.)
|
|
Taiwan
|
agriculture: 5.3%
industry: 36.8%
services: 57.9% (2007 est.)
|
|
Tajikistan
|
agriculture: 67.2%
industry: 7.5%
services: 25.3% (2000 est.)
|
|
Tanzania
|
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2002 est.)
|
|
Thailand
|
agriculture: 49%
industry: 14%
services: 37% (2000 est.)
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
|
|
Togo
|
agriculture: 65%
industry: 5%
services: 30% (1998 est.)
|
|
Tonga
|
agriculture: 65%
industry and services: 35% (1997 est.)
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
agriculture 9.5%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%, construction and utilities 12.4%, services 64.1% (1997 est.)
|
|
Tunisia
|
agriculture: 55%
industry: 23%
services: 22% (1995 est.)
|
|
Turkey
|
agriculture: 35.9%
industry: 22.8%
services: 41.2% (3rd quarter, 2004)
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
agriculture: 48.2%
industry: 13.8%
services: 37% (2003 est.)
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
note: about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services
|
|
Tuvalu
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note: 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)
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Uganda
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agriculture: 82%
industry: 5%
services: 13% (1999 est.)
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Ukraine
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agriculture: 25%
industry: 20%
services: 55% (1996)
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United Arab Emirates
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agriculture: 7%
industry: 15%
services: 78% (2000 est.)
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United Kingdom
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agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 18.2%
services: 80.4% (2006 est.)
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United States
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farming, forestry, and fishing 0.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.6%, managerial, professional, and technical 35.5%, sales and office 24.8%, other services 16.5%
note: figures exclude the unemployed (2006)
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Uruguay
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agriculture: 14%
industry: 16%
services: 70% (2003)
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Uzbekistan
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agriculture: 44%
industry: 20%
services: 36% (1995)
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Vanuatu
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agriculture: 65%
industry: 5%
services: 30% (2000 est.)
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Venezuela
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agriculture: 13%
industry: 23%
services: 64% (1997 est.)
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Vietnam
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agriculture: 56.8%
industry: 37%
services: 6.2% (July 2005)
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Virgin Islands
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agriculture: 1%
industry: 19%
services: 80% (2003 est.)
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Wallis and Futuna
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agriculture: 80%
industry: 4%
services: 16% (2001 est.)
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West Bank
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agriculture: 18%
industry: 15%
services: 67% (2006)
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Western Sahara
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agriculture: 50%
industry and services: 50%
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World
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agriculture: 40.2%
industry: 20.8%
services: 39% (2007 est.)
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Yemen
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note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force
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Zambia
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agriculture: 85%
industry: 6%
services: 9% (2004)
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Zimbabwe
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agriculture: 66%
industry: 10%
services: 24% (1996)
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