The 2009 CIA World Factbook

Part 424

Chapter 4241,379 wordsPublic domain

1 Namibia 64.50 2003 2 Haiti 47.70 2001 3 Colombia 45.90 2006 4 South Africa 44.70 2000 5 Bolivia 44.10 2005 6 Ecuador 43.30 2007 7 Brazil 43.00 2007 8 Guatemala 42.40 2006 9 Paraguay 42.30 2007 10 Honduras 42.20 2006 11 Nicaragua 41.80 2005 12 Chile 41.70 2006 13 Madagascar 41.50 2005 14 Panama 41.40 2006 15 Armenia 41.30 2004 16 Taiwan 41.10 2002 est. 17 Guinea 41.00 2006 18 Swaziland 40.70 2001 19 Nepal 40.60 2006 20 Papua New Guinea 40.50 1996 21 Zimbabwe 40.40 1995 22 Sri Lanka 39.70 2004 23 Lesotho 39.40 2003 24 Mozambique 39.20 2003 25 Zambia 38.80 2004 26 Dominican Republic 38.70 2005 27 Rwanda 38.20 2000 28 Mexico 37.90 2006 29 Peru 37.90 2006 30 Kenya 37.80 2005 31 El Salvador 37.00 2005 32 Gambia, The 36.90 2003 33 Jamaica 35.80 2004 34 Niger 35.70 2005 35 Costa Rica 35.50 2005 36 Cameroon 35.40 2001 37 Argentina 35.00 January-March 2007 38 Uruguay 34.80 2006 39 Cambodia 34.20 2007 40 Uganda 34.10 2005 41 Cote d'Ivoire 34.00 2002 42 Guyana 33.80 1999 43 Thailand 33.70 2004 44 Sierra Leone 33.60 2003 45 Morocco 33.20 2007 46 Turkey 33.20 2005 47 Central African Republic 33.00 2003 48 Ghana 32.80 2006 49 Venezuela 32.70 2006 50 Burma 32.40 1998 51 Nigeria 32.40 2004 52 Indonesia 32.30 2006 53 Burkina Faso 32.20 2004 54 Malawi 31.90 2004 55 Turkmenistan 31.70 1998 56 Tunisia 31.50 2000 57 China 31.40 2004 58 Philippines 31.20 2006 59 India 31.10 2005 60 Yemen 30.80 2005 61 Jordan 30.70 2006 62 Mali 30.50 2006 63 Russia 30.40 September 2007 64 Senegal 30.10 2005 65 United States 30.00 2007 est. 66 Vietnam 29.80 2006 67 Iran 29.60 2005 68 Macedonia 29.60 2003 69 Uzbekistan 29.60 2003 70 Mauritania 29.50 2000 71 Benin 29.00 2003 72 Laos 28.50 2002 73 Malaysia 28.50 2004 est. 74 United Kingdom 28.50 1999 75 Belgium 28.40 2000 76 Portugal 28.40 1995 est. 77 Moldova 28.20 2004 78 Burundi 28.00 2006 79 Guinea-Bissau 28.00 2002 80 Estonia 27.70 2004 81 Egypt 27.60 2005 82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.40 2004 83 Lithuania 27.40 2003 84 Latvia 27.40 2004 85 Ireland 27.20 2000 86 Poland 27.20 2005 87 Bahamas, The 27.00 2000 88 Georgia 27.00 2005 89 Tanzania 26.90 2000 90 Algeria 26.80 1995 91 Italy 26.80 2000 92 Bangladesh 26.60 2005 93 Spain 26.60 2000 94 Kazakhstan 26.50 2004 est. 95 Pakistan 26.50 2005 96 Greece 26.00 2000 est. 97 Albania 25.90 2005 98 Kyrgyzstan 25.90 2004 99 Switzerland 25.90 2000 100 Ukraine 25.70 2006 101 Ethiopia 25.60 2005 102 Tajikistan 25.60 2007 est. 103 Bulgaria 25.50 2007 104 Australia 25.40 1994 105 European Union 25.20 2001 est. 106 Mongolia 24.90 2005 107 Canada 24.80 2000 108 France 24.80 2004 109 Finland 24.70 2007 110 Slovenia 24.60 2004 111 Israel 24.20 2007 112 Korea, South 24.20 2007 113 Hungary 24.10 2004 114 Denmark 24.00 2000 est. 115 Luxembourg 23.80 2000 116 Norway 23.40 2000 117 Singapore 23.20 2008 118 Croatia 23.10 2005 est. 119 Netherlands 22.90 1999 120 Austria 22.50 2004 121 Czech Republic 22.40 1996 122 Sweden 22.20 2000 123 Germany 22.10 2000 124 Belarus 22.00 2005 125 Japan 21.70 1993 126 Slovakia 20.90 1996 127 Romania 20.80 2006 128 Azerbaijan 17.50 2005 129 Taiwan 6.70 2002 est. 130 Azerbaijan 6.10 2005 131 Japan 4.80 1993 132 Singapore 4.40 2008 133 Bangladesh 4.30 2005 134 Czech Republic 4.30 1996 135 Burundi 4.10 2006 136 Ethiopia 4.10 2005 137 Egypt 3.90 2005 138 Norway 3.90 2000 139 Pakistan 3.90 2005 140 Belarus 3.60 2005 141 Croatia 3.60 2005 est. 142 Finland 3.60 2007 143 Kyrgyzstan 3.60 2004 144 Sweden 3.60 2000 145 India 3.60 2005 146 Hungary 3.50 2004 147 Luxembourg 3.50 2000 148 Belgium 3.40 2000 149 Ukraine 3.40 2006 150 Slovenia 3.40 2004 151 Laos 3.40 2002 152 Austria 3.30 2004 153 Kazakhstan 3.30 2004 est. 154 Tajikistan 3.30 2007 est. 155 Albania 3.20 2005 156 Germany 3.20 2000 157 Benin 3.10 2003 158 Vietnam 3.10 2006 159 Portugal 3.10 1995 est. 160 Slovakia 3.10 1996 161 Bulgaria 3.00 2007 162 Poland 3.00 2005 163 Malawi 3.00 2004 164 Jordan 3.00 2006 165 Cambodia 3.00 2007 166 France 3.00 2004 167 Moldova 3.00 2004 168 Indonesia 3.00 2006 169 Ireland 2.90 2000 170 Switzerland 2.90 2000 171 Tanzania 2.90 2000 172 Yemen 2.90 2005 173 Guinea-Bissau 2.90 2002 174 Mongolia 2.90 2005 175 Algeria 2.80 1995 176 Uzbekistan 2.80 2003 177 Burkina Faso 2.80 2004 178 European Union 2.80 2001 est. 179 Burma 2.80 1998 180 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.80 2004 181 Estonia 2.70 2004 182 Korea, South 2.70 2007 183 Latvia 2.70 2004 184 Lithuania 2.70 2003 185 Morocco 2.70 2007 186 Nepal 2.70 2006 187 Mali 2.70 2006 188 Canada 2.60 2000 189 Iran 2.60 2005 190 Israel 2.60 2007 191 Malaysia 2.60 2004 est. 192 Sierra Leone 2.60 2003 193 Thailand 2.60 2004 194 Uganda 2.60 2005 195 Turkmenistan 2.60 1998 196 Spain 2.60 2000 197 Madagascar 2.60 2005 198 Greece 2.50 2000 est. 199 Mauritania 2.50 2000 200 Senegal 2.50 2005 201 Netherlands 2.50 1999 202 China 2.40 2004 203 Georgia 2.40 2005 204 Philippines 2.40 2006 205 Macedonia 2.40 2003 206 Cameroon 2.30 2001 207 Italy 2.30 2000 208 Niger 2.30 2005 209 Tunisia 2.30 2000 210 Central African Republic 2.10 2003 211 Jamaica 2.10 2004 212 United Kingdom 2.10 1999 213 Rwanda 2.10 2000 214 Mozambique 2.10 2003 215 Australia 2.00 1994 216 Zimbabwe 2.00 1995 217 United States 2.00 2007 est. 218 Nigeria 2.00 2004 219 Cote d'Ivoire 2.00 2002 220 Ghana 2.00 2006 221 Denmark 2.00 2000 est. 222 Gambia, The 2.00 2003 223 Guinea 1.90 2006 224 Russia 1.90 September 2007 225 Turkey 1.90 2005 226 Kenya 1.80 2005 227 Mexico 1.80 2006 228 Papua New Guinea 1.70 1996 229 Uruguay 1.70 2006 230 Venezuela 1.70 2006 231 Armenia 1.60 2004 232 Swaziland 1.60 2001 233 Chile 1.60 2006 234 Costa Rica 1.50 2005 235 Peru 1.50 2006 236 Dominican Republic 1.50 2005 237 Nicaragua 1.40 2005 238 Guatemala 1.30 2006 239 Guyana 1.30 1999 240 South Africa 1.30 2000 241 Ecuador 1.20 2007 242 Zambia 1.20 2004 243 Romania 1.20 2006 244 Brazil 1.10 2007 245 Sri Lanka 1.10 2004 246 Paraguay 1.10 2007 247 Argentina 1.00 January-March 2007 248 Lesotho 1.00 2003 249 El Salvador 1.00 2005 250 Colombia 0.80 2006 251 Panama 0.80 2006 252 Haiti 0.70 2001 253 Honduras 0.70 2006 254 Bolivia 0.50 2005 255 Namibia 0.50 2003

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Rank code: 2048

Country Comparison :: Labor force - by occupation

This entry lists the percentage distribution of the labor force by occupation. The distribution will total less than 100 percent if the data are incomplete.

Rank country (%) Date of Information