During 2005, the agricultural sector contributed 18.
6% to the entire GDP, and at least 60% of the
total labor force working in India was employed in the agricultural sector. India is regarded as the 15th best economy in terms of work production by the services sector. A sizeable amount of the Indian workforce is also employed by the service sector. In the ten-year period between 1990 and 2000, the rate of growth has been 7.5%, which is more than the 4.5% rate during the 30-year period from 1951 to 1980.