word | | Labor force - by occupation |
| abroad | 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) |
| account | 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 |
| active | 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.) |
| administration | Isle of Man | ... 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 |
| administration | Nauru | note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation (1992) |
| administrative | Bermuda | agriculture and fishing 3%, laborers 17%, clerical 19%, professional and technical 21%, administrative and managerial 15%, sales 7%, services 19% (2004 est.) |
| Africa | 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.) |
| agriculture | Afghanistan | agriculture: 80% industry: 10% services: 10% (2004 est.) |
| agriculture | Albania | agriculture: 58% industry: 15% services: 27% (September 2006 est.) |
| agriculture | Algeria | agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% (2003 est.) |
| agriculture | American Samoa | agriculture: 34% industry: 33% services: 33% (1990) |
| agriculture | Andorra | agriculture: 0.3% industry: 20.3% services: 79.4% (2005) |
| agriculture | Angola | agriculture: 85% industry and services: 15% (2003 est.) |
| agriculture | Anguilla | agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%, services 29% (2000 est.) |
| agriculture | Antigua and Barbuda | agriculture: 7% industry: 11% services: 82% (1983) |
| agriculture | Argentina | agriculture: 1% industry: 23% services: 76% (2007 est.) |
| agriculture | Armenia | agriculture: 46.2% industry: 15.6% services: 38.2% (2006 est.) |
| agriculture | 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 |
| agriculture | Australia | agriculture: 3.6% industry: 21.2% services: 75.2% (2004 est.) |
| agriculture | Austria | agriculture: 3% industry: 27% services: 70% (2005 est.) |
| agriculture | Azerbaijan | agriculture: 41% industry: 7% services: 52% (2001) |
| agriculture | Bahamas, The | agriculture 5%, industry 5%, tourism 50%, other services 40% (2005 est.) |
| agriculture | Bahrain | agriculture: 1% industry: 79% services: 20% (1997 est.) |
| agriculture | Bangladesh | agriculture: 63% industry: 11% services: 26% (FY95/96) |
| agriculture | Barbados | agriculture: 10% industry: 15% services: 75% (1996 est.) |
| agriculture | Belarus | agriculture: 14% industry: 34.7% services: 51.3% (2003 est.) |
| agriculture | Belgium | agriculture: 2% industry: 25% services: 73% (2007 est.) |
| agriculture | Belize | agriculture: 22.5% industry: 15.2% services: 62.3% (2005 est.) |
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