word | | Labor force - by occupation |
| employed | Nauru | note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation (1992) |
| employed | Saint Martin | 85% directly or indirectly employed in tourist industry |
| employed | 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 |
| employees | Micronesia, Federated States of | agriculture: 0.9% industry: 34.4% services: 64.7% note: two-thirds are government employees (FY05 est.) |
| employment | 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 |
| employs | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others |
| engaged | 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.) |
| engaged | Sao Tome and Principe | note: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers |
| entertainment | 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 |
| essentially | 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 |
| estate | Hong Kong | ... manufacturing 6.5%, construction 2.1%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.3%, financing, insurance, and real estate 20.7%, transport and communications 7.8%, community and social services 19.5% note: above data exclude public ... |
| exclude | Hong Kong | ... 2.1%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.3%, financing, insurance, and real estate 20.7%, transport and communications 7.8%, community and social services 19.5% note: above data exclude public sector (2007 est |
| exclude | United States | 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 (2007) |
| exists | Niue | note: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board |
| exploitation | 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) |
| extraction | United States | 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 (2007) |
| family | Niue | note: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board |
| farming | Chad | agriculture: 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing) industry and services: 20% (2006 est.) |
| farming | Pitcairn Islands | note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing |
| farming | United States | 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 (2007) |
| figures | United States | 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 (2007) |
| finance | Finland | agriculture and forestry 4.4%, industry 18.6%, construction 6%, commerce 16.3%, finance, insurance, and business services 13.9%, transport and communications 7.6%, public services 33.2% (2004) |
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