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includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and
World Leaders construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all
CIA Maps & Publications other economic activities that do not produce material goods. The distribution will total less than 100
percent if the data are incomplete and may range from 99 - 101 percent due to rounding.
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industry: 5.7%
Intelligence Literature services: 15.7% (FY08/09 est.)
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services: 29.2% (September 2010 est.)
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Mission Algeria agriculture: 14%

The Central Intelligence industry: 13.4%
Agency (CIA) is an construction and public works: 10%
independent US trade: 14.6%
Government agency government: 32%
responsible for providing other: 16% (2003 est.)
national security
intelligence to senior US
policymakers. Andorra agriculture: 0.4%
industry: 4.7%
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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: 5%
industry: 23%
services: 72% (2009 est.)

Armenia agriculture: 44.2%

industry: 16.8%
services: 39% (2008 est.)

Aruba agriculture: NA%

industry: NA%
services: NA%
note: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair,
followed by hotels and restaurants

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 Australia agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 21.1%
services: 75% (2009 est.)

Austria agriculture: 5.5%

industry: 26%
services: 68.5% (2012 est.)

Azerbaijan agriculture: 38.3%

industry: 12.1%
services: 49.6% (2008)

Bahamas, The agriculture: 5%

industry: 5%
tourism: 50%
other services: 40% (2005 est.)

Bahrain agriculture: 1%
industry: 79%
services: 20% (1997 est.)

Bangladesh agriculture: 45%

industry: 30%
services: 25% (2008)

Barbados agriculture: 10%

industry: 15%
services: 75% (1996 est.)

Belarus agriculture: 9.4%

industry: 45.9%
services: 44.7% (2005 est.)

Belgium agriculture: 2%
industry: 25%
services: 73% (2007 est.)

Belize agriculture: 10.2%

industry: 18.1%
services: 71.7% (2007)

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: 43.7%

industry: 39.1%
services: 17.2% (2004 est.)

Bolivia agriculture: 32%

industry: 20%
services: 48% (2010 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina agriculture: 20.5%

industry: 32.6%
services: 47% (2008)

Botswana agriculture: NA%

industry: NA%
services: NA%

Brazil agriculture: 15.7%

industry: 13.3%
services: 71% (2011 est.)

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 British Virgin Islands agriculture: 0.6%
industry: 40%
services: 59.4% (2005)

Brunei agriculture: 4.2%

industry: 62.8%
services: 33% (2008 est.)

Bulgaria agriculture: 7.1%

industry: 35.2%
services: 57.7% (2009)

Burkina Faso agriculture: 90%

industry and services: 10% (2000 est.)

Burma agriculture: 70%

industry: 7%
services: 23% (2001)

Burundi agriculture: 93.6%

industry: 2.3%
services: 4.1% (2002 est.)

Cambodia agriculture: 55.8%

industry: 16.9%
services: 27.3% (2010 est.)

Cameroon agriculture: 70%

industry: 13%
services: 17% (2001 est.)

Canada agriculture: 2%
manufacturing: 13%
construction: 6%
services: 76%
other: 3% (2006 est.)

Cayman Islands agriculture: 1.9%

industry: 19.1%
services: 79% (2008 est.)

Chad agriculture: 80% (2006 est.)

industry and services: 20% (2006 est.)

Chile agriculture: 13.2%

industry: 23%
services: 63.9% (2005)

China agriculture: 34.8%

industry: 29.5%
services: 35.7% (2011 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs
construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism is
the other main source of employment

Colombia agriculture: 18%

industry: 13%
services: 68% (2011 est.)

Comoros agriculture: 80%

industry and services: 20% (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic agriculture: NA%

Republic of the industry: NA%
services: NA%

Cook Islands agriculture: 29%

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 industry: 15%
services: 56% (1995)

Costa Rica agriculture: 14%

industry: 22%
services: 64% (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire agriculture: 68%

industry and services: NA% (2007 est.)

Croatia agriculture: 2.1%

industry: 29%
services: 69% (2012)

Cuba agriculture: 19.7%

industry: 17.1%
services: 63.2% (2011)

Curacao agriculture: 1.2%

industry: 16.9%
services: 81.8% (2008 est.)

Cyprus agriculture: 8.5%

industry: 20.5%
services: 71% (2006 est.)

Czech Republic agriculture: 3.1%

industry: 38.6%
services: 58.3% (2009)

Denmark agriculture: 2.6%

industry: 20.3%
services: 77.1% (2011 est.)

Djibouti agriculture: NA%

industry: NA%
services: NA%

Dominica agriculture: 40%

industry: 32%
services: 28% (2002 est.)

Dominican Republic agriculture: 14.6%

industry: 22.3%
services: 63.1% (2005 est.)

Ecuador agriculture: 27.6%

industry: 18.8%
services: 53.6% (2010)

Egypt agriculture: 32%

industry: 17%
services: 51% (2001 est.)

El Salvador agriculture: 21%

industry: 20%
services: 58% (2011 est.)

Eritrea agriculture: 80%

industry and services: 20% (2004 est.)

Estonia agriculture: 4.2%

industry: 20.2%
services: 75.6% (2010)

Ethiopia agriculture: 85%

industry: 5%
services: 10% (2009 est.)

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 European Union agriculture: 5.3%
industry: 22.9%
services: 71.8% (2011 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas agriculture: 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)

Malvinas) industry and services: 5% (1996)

Faroe Islands agriculture: 10.7%

industry: 18.9%
services: 70.3% (November 2010)

Fiji agriculture: 70%

industry and services: 30% (2001 est.)

Finland agriculture and forestry: 4.4%

industry: 15.5%
construction: 7.1%
commerce: 21.3%
finance, insurance, and business services: 13.3%
transport and communications: 9.9%
public services: 28.5% (2011)

France agriculture: 3.8%

industry: 24.3%
services: 71.8% (2005)

French Polynesia agriculture: 13%

industry: 19%
services: 68% (2002)

Gabon agriculture: 60%

industry: 15%
services: 25% (2000 est.)

Gambia, The agriculture: 75%

industry: 19%
services: 6% (1996)

Gaza Strip agriculture: 5.1%

industry: 15.6%
services: 79.3% (2010 est.)

Georgia agriculture: 55.6%

industry: 8.9%
services: 35.5% (2006 est.)

Germany agriculture: 1.6%

industry: 24.6%
services: 73.8% (2011)

Ghana agriculture: 56%

industry: 15%
services: 29% (2005 est.)

Gibraltar agriculture: negligible

industry: 40%
services: 60% (2001)

Greece agriculture: 12.4%

industry: 22.4%
services: 65.1% (2005 est.)

Greenland agriculture: 4%
industry: 29%
services: 67% (2009 est.)

Grenada agriculture: 11%

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 industry: 20%
services: 69% (2008 est.)

Guam agriculture: 0.3%

industry: NA%
services: NA% (2004 est.)

Guatemala agriculture: 38%

industry: 14%
services: 48% (2011 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: 38.1%

industry: 11.5%
services: 50.4% (2010)

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: 39.2%

industry: 20.9%
services: 39.8% (2005 est.)

Hong Kong manufacturing: 4%

construction: 2.7%
wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels: 40.9%
financing, insurance, and real estate: 12.5%
transport and communications: 9.9%
community and social services: 16.9%
note: above data exclude public sector (2012 est.)

Hungary agriculture: 7.1%

industry: 29.7%
services: 63.2% (2011 est.)

Iceland agriculture: 4.8%

industry: 22.2%
services: 73% (2008)

India agriculture: 53%

industry: 19%
services: 28% (2011 est.)

Indonesia agriculture: 38.9%

industry: 22.2%
services: 47.9% (2012 est.)

Iran agriculture: 25%

industry: 31%
services: 45% (June 2007)

Iraq agriculture: 21.6%

industry: 18.7%
services: 59.8% (2008 est.)

Ireland agriculture: 5%
industry: 19%
services: 76% (2011 est.)

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 Isle of Man agriculture, forestry, and fishing: 2%
manufacturing: 5%
construction: 8%
gas, electricity, and water: 1%
transport and communication: 9%
wholesale and retail distribution: 11%
professional and scientific services: 20%
public administration: 7%
banking and finance: 23%
tourism: 1%
entertainment and catering: 5%
miscellaneous services: 8% (2006)

Israel agriculture: 2%
industry: 16%
services: 82% (September 2008)

Italy agriculture: 3.9%

industry: 28.3%
services: 67.8% (2011)

Jamaica agriculture: 17%

industry: 19%
services: 64% (2006)

Japan agriculture: 3.9%

industry: 26.2%
services: 69.8% (2010 est.)

Jordan agriculture: 2.7%

industry: 20%
services: 77.4% (2007 est.)

Kazakhstan agriculture: 25.8%

industry: 11.9%
services: 62.3% (2012 est.)

Kenya agriculture: 75%

industry and services: 25% (2007 est.)

Kiribati agriculture: 2.7%

industry: 32%
services: 65.3% (2000)

Korea, North agriculture: 35%

industry and services: 65% (2008 est.)

Korea, South agriculture: 6.2%

industry: 23.8%
services: 70% (2012 est.)

Kosovo agriculture: 23.6%

industry: NA%
services: NA% (2010)

Kuwait agriculture: NA%

industry: NA%
services: NA%

Kyrgyzstan agriculture: 48%

industry: 12.5%
services: 39.5% (2005 est.)

Laos agriculture: 75.1%

industry and services: NA (2010 est.)

Latvia agriculture: 8.8%

industry: 24%
services: 67.2% (2010 est.)

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 Lebanon agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Lesotho agriculture: 86%

industry and services: 14%
note: most of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture;
roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa
(2002 est.)

Liberia agriculture: 70%

industry: 8%
services: 22% (2000 est.)

Libya agriculture: 17%

industry: 23%
services: 59% (2004 est.)

Liechtenstein agriculture: 0.8%

industry: 39.4%
services: 59.9% (2010)

Lithuania agriculture: 7.9%

industry: 19.6%
services: 72.5% (2012 est.)

Luxembourg agriculture: 2.2%

industry: 17.2%
services: 80.6% (2007 est.)

Macau manufacturing: 3%
construction: 6.6%
transport and communications: 4.3%
wholesale and retail trade: 12.7%
restaurants and hotels: 15.5%
gambling: 15.1%
public sector: 7.1%
financial services: 2.2%
other services: 33.5% (2012 est.)

Macedonia agriculture: 16.7%

industry: 26%
services: 57.3% (September 2012)

Malawi agriculture: 90%

industry and services: 10% (2003 est.)

Malaysia agriculture: 11.1%

industry: 36%
services: 53.5% (2012 est.)

Maldives agriculture: 11%

industry: 23%
services: 65% (2006 est.)

Mali agriculture: 80%

industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)

Malta agriculture: 1.5%

industry: 24.7%
services: 73.9% (2011)

Marshall Islands agriculture: 11%

industry: 16.3%
services: 72.7% (2011 est.)

Mauritania agriculture: 50%

industry: 10%
services: 40% (2001 est.)

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 Mauritius agriculture and fishing: 9%
construction and industry: 30%
transportation and communication: 7%
trade, restaurants, hotels: 22%
finance: 6%
other services: 25% (2007)

Mexico agriculture: 13.7%

industry: 23.4%
services: 62.9% (2005)

Micronesia, Federated agriculture: 0.9%

States of industry: 20.6%
services: 78.5%
note: two - thirds of the labor force are government employees (2011
est.)

Moldova agriculture: 27.5%

industry: 13.1%
services: 59.4% (2011 est.)

Mongolia agriculture: 33.5%

industry: 11.5%
services: 55% (2011)

Montenegro agriculture: 6.3%

industry: 20.9%
services: 72.8% (2011 est.)

Morocco agriculture: 44.6%

industry: 19.8%
services: 35.5% (2006 est.)

Mozambique agriculture: 81%

industry: 6%
services: 13% (1997 est.)

Namibia agriculture: 16.3%

industry: 22.4%
services: 61.3%
note: about half of Namibia's people are unemployed while about two -
thirds live in rural areas; roughly two - thirds of rural dwellers rely on
subsistence agriculture (2008 est.)

Nauru note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration,

education, and transportation

Nepal agriculture: 75%

industry: 7%
services: 18% (2010 est.)

Netherlands agriculture: 2%
industry: 18%
services: 80% (2005 est.)

New Caledonia agriculture: 20%

industry: 20%
services: 60% (2002)

New Zealand agriculture: 7%

industry: 19%
services: 74% (2006 est.)

Nicaragua agriculture: 28%

industry: 19%
services: 53% (2010 est.)

Niger agriculture: 90%

industry: 6%

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 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: 6%

industry: 14%
services: 80% (2006 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands agriculture: 1.9%

industry: 10%
services: 88.1% (2010 est.)

Norway agriculture: 2.9%

industry: 21.1%
services: 76% (2008)

Oman agriculture: NA%

industry: NA%
services: NA%

Pakistan agriculture: 45.1%

industry: 20.7%
services: 34.2% (2010 est.)

Palau agriculture: 20%

industry: NA%
services: NA% (1990)

Panama agriculture: 17%

industry: 18.6%
services: 64.4% (2009 est.)

Papua New Guinea agriculture: 85%

industry: NA%
services: NA% (2005 est.)

Paraguay agriculture: 26.5%

industry: 18.5%
services: 55% (2008)

Peru agriculture: 0.7%

industry: 23.8%
services: 75.5% (2005)

Philippines agriculture: 32%

industry: 15%
services: 53% (2012 est.)

Pitcairn Islands note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works;
subsistence farming and fishing

Poland agriculture: 12.9%

industry: 30.2%
services: 57% (2010)

Portugal agriculture: 11.7%

industry: 28.5%
services: 59.8% (2009 est.)

Puerto Rico agriculture: 2.1%

industry: 19%
services: 79% (2005)

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 Romania agriculture: 31.6%
industry: 21.1%
services: 47.3% (2010)

Russia agriculture: 7.9%

industry: 27.4%
services: 64.7% (2011)

Rwanda agriculture: 90%

industry and services: 10% (2000)

Saint Helena, Ascension, agriculture: 6%

and Tristan da Cunha 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)

Saint Vincent and the agriculture: 26%

Grenadines industry: 17%
services: 57% (1980 est.)

Samoa agriculture: 65%

industry: NA%
services: NA%

San Marino agriculture: 0.1%

industry: 34.4%
services: 65.5% (2010 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe note: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and
fishing; shortages of skilled workers

Saudi Arabia agriculture: 6.7%

industry: 21.4%
services: 71.9% (2005 est.)

Senegal agriculture: 77.5%

industry and services: 22.5% (2007 est.)

Serbia agriculture: 21.9%

industry: 19.5%
services: 58.6% (2010)

Seychelles agriculture: 3%
industry: 23%
services: 74% (2006)

Sierra Leone agriculture: NA%

industry: NA%
services: NA%

Singapore agriculture: 0.1%

industry: 19.6%
services: 80.3%
note: excludes non - residents (2011)

Sint Maarten agriculture: 1.1%

industry: 15.2%
services: 83.7% (2008 est.)

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 Slovakia agriculture: 3.5%
industry: 27%
services: 69.4% (December 2009)

Slovenia agriculture: 2.2%

industry: 35%
services: 62.8% (2009)

Solomon Islands agriculture: 75%

industry: 5%
services: 20% (2000 est.)

Somalia agriculture: 71%

industry and services: 29% (1975)

South Africa agriculture: 9%

industry: 26%
services: 65% (2007 est.)

Spain agriculture: 4.2%

industry: 24%
services: 71.7% (2009 est.)

Sri Lanka agriculture: 31.8%

industry: 25.8%
services: 42.4% (June 2012)

Sudan agriculture: 80%

industry: 7%
services: 13% (1998 est.)

Suriname agriculture: 8%
industry: 14%
services: 78% (2004)

Swaziland agriculture: 70%

industry: NA%
services: NA%

Sweden agriculture: 1.1%

industry: 28.2%
services: 70.7% (2008 est.)

Switzerland agriculture: 3.4%

industry: 23.4%
services: 73.2% (2010)

Syria agriculture: 17%

industry: 16%
services: 67% (2008 est.)

Taiwan agriculture: 5%
industry: 36.2%
services: 58.8% (2012 est.)

Tajikistan agriculture: 47.9%

industry: 10.9%
services: 41.2% (2012 est.)

Tanzania agriculture: 80%

industry and services: 20% (2002 est.)

Thailand agriculture: 38.2%

industry: 13.6%
services: 48.2% (2011 est.)

Timor- Leste agriculture: 64%

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 industry: 10%
services: 26% (2010)

Togo agriculture: 65%

industry: 5%
services: 30% (1998 est.)

Tonga agriculture: 31.8%

industry: 30.6%
services: 37.6% (2003 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago agriculture: 3.8%

manufacturing, mining, and quarrying: 12.8%
construction and utilities: 20.4%
services: 62.9% (2007 est.)

Tunisia agriculture: 18.3%

industry: 31.9%
services: 49.8% (2009 est.)

Turkey agriculture: 25.5%

industry: 26.2%
services: 48.4% (2010)

Turkmenistan agriculture: 48.2%

industry: 14%
services: 37.8% (2004 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 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)

Uganda agriculture: 82%

industry: 5%
services: 13% (1999 est.)

Ukraine agriculture: 5.6%

industry: 26%
services: 68.4% (2012)

United Arab Emirates agriculture: 7%

industry: 15%
services: 78% (2000 est.)

United Kingdom agriculture: 1.4%

industry: 18.2%
services: 80.4% (2006 est.)

United States farming, forestry, and fishing: 0.7%

manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: 20.3%
managerial, professional, and technical: 37.3%
sales and office: 24.2%
other services: 17.6%
note: figures exclude the unemployed (2009)

Uruguay agriculture: 13%

industry: 14%
services: 73% (2010 est.)

Uzbekistan agriculture: 25.9%

industry: 13.2%
services: 60.9% (2012 est.)

Vanuatu agriculture: 65%

industry: 5%
services: 30% (2000 est.)

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 Venezuela agriculture: 7.3%
industry: 21.8%
services: 70.9% (4th quarter, 2011)

Vietnam agriculture: 48%

industry: 21%
services: 31% (2012)

Virgin Islands agriculture: 1%

industry: 19%
services: 80% (2003 est.)

Wallis and Futuna agriculture: 80%

industry: 4%
services: 16% (2001 est.)

West Bank agriculture: 16.1%

industry: 28.4%
services: 55.5%
note: includes Gaza Strip (2010 est.)

Western Sahara agriculture: 50%

industry and services: 50% (2005 est.)

World agriculture: 36.4%

industry: 22.2%
services: 41.4% (2008)

Yemen note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services,
construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one - fourth
of the labor force

Zambia agriculture: 85%

industry: 6%
services: 9% (2004)

Zimbabwe agriculture: 66%

industry: 10%
services: 24% (1996)

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