Montserrat:Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia,one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands andpresides over the High Court)
Morocco:Supreme Court (judges are appointed on the recommendationof the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over by themonarch)
Mozambique:Supreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of itsprofessional judges are appointed by the president and some areelected by the Assembly); other courts include an AdministrativeCourt, customs courts, maritime courts, courts marshal, labor courts
note: although the constitution provides for the creation of aseparate Constitutional Court, one has never been established; inits absence the Supreme Court reviews constitutional cases
Namibia:Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on therecommendation of the Judicial Service Commission)
Nauru:Supreme Court
Nepal:Supreme Court or Sarbochha Adalat (chief justice is appointedby the monarch on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; theother judges are appointed by the monarch on the recommendation ofthe Judicial Council)
Netherlands:Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated forlife by the monarch)
Netherlands Antilles:Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointedby the monarch)
New Caledonia:Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; County Courts; JointCommerce Tribunal Court; Children's Court
New Zealand:High Court; Court of Appeal
Nicaragua:Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected forseven-year terms by the National Assembly)
Niger:State Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
Nigeria:Supreme Court (judges appointed by the Provisional RulingCouncil); Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by thefederal government on the advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee)
Niue:Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue
Norfolk Island:Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions
Northern Mariana Islands:Commonwealth Supreme Court; SuperiorCourt; Federal District Court
Norway:Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (justices appointed by themonarch)
Oman:Supreme Court
note: the nascent civil court system, administered by region, hasnon-Islamic judges as well as traditional Islamic judges
Pakistan:Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president);Federal Islamic or Shari'a Court
Palau:Supreme Court; National Court; Court of Common Pleas
Panama:Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (ninejudges appointed for 10-year terms); five superior courts; threecourts of appeal
Papua New Guinea:Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed bythe governor general on the proposal of the National ExecutiveCouncil after consultation with the minister responsible forjustice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and LegalServices Commission)
Paraguay:Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia(judges appointed on the proposal of the Counsel of Magistrates orConsejo de la Magistratura)
Peru:Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judgesare appointed by the National Council of the Judiciary)
Philippines:Supreme Court (justices are appointed for four-yearterms by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and BarCouncil)
Pitcairn Islands:Island Court (island magistrate presides over thecourt and is elected every three years)
Poland:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president on therecommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for anindefinite period); Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen bythe Sejm for nine-year terms)
Portugal:Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (judgesappointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura)
Puerto Rico:Supreme Court; Superior Courts; Municipal Courts(justices for all these courts appointed by the governor with theconsent of the Senate)
Qatar:Court of Appeal
Reunion:Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel
Romania:Supreme Court of Justice (judges are appointed by thepresident on the recommendation of the Superior Council ofMagistrates)
Russia:Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Superior Court ofArbitration; judges for all courts are appointed for life by theFederation Council on the recommendation of the president
Rwanda:Supreme Court; communal courts; appeals courts
Saint Helena:Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court; Small Debts Court;Juvenile Court
Saint Kitts and Nevis:Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based onSaint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Kittsand Nevis)
Saint Lucia:Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (jurisdiction extendsto Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands,Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:Superior Tribunal of Appeals or TribunalSuperieur d'Appel
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court(based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides inSaint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Samoa:Supreme Court; Court of Appeal
San Marino:Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII
Sao Tome and Principe:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by theNational Assembly)
Saudi Arabia:Supreme Council of Justice
Senegal:Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of FinalAppeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals; note-the judicialsystem was reformed in 1992
Seychelles:Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; judges for both courtsare appointed by the president
Sierra Leone:Supreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court
Singapore:Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by thepresident with the advice of the prime minister, other judges areappointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice);Court of Appeals
Slovakia:Supreme Court (judges are elected by the NationalCouncil); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president fromgroup of nominees approved by the National Council)
Slovenia:Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Assemblyon the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court(judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly andnominated by the president)
Solomon Islands:Court of Appeal
Somalia:following the breakdown of national government, mostregions have reverted to Islamic (Shari'a) law with a provision forappeal of all sentences
South Africa:Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; HighCourts; Magistrate Courts
Spain:Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo
Sri Lanka:Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courtsare appointed by the president
Sudan:Supreme Court; Special Revolutionary Courts
Suriname:Court of Justice (justices are nominated for life)
Swaziland:High Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts areappointed by the monarch
Sweden:Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges are appointed bythe prime minister and the cabinet)
Switzerland:Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-yearterms by the Federal Assembly)
Syria:Supreme Constitutional Court (justices are appointed forfour-year terms by the president); High Judicial Council; Court ofCassation; State Security Courts
Tajikistan:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Tanzania:Permanent Commission of Enquiry (official ombudsman);Court of Appeal (consists of a chief justice and four judges); HighCourt (consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by thepresident; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts;Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to thehigher courts)
Thailand:Supreme Court or Sandika (judges appointed by the monarch)
Togo:Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Tokelau:Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminaljurisdiction in Tokelau
Tonga:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court ofAppeal (consists of the Privy Council with the addition of the chiefjustice of the Supreme Court)
Trinidad and Tobago:Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of theHigh Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice isappointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister andthe leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by thepresident on the advice of the Judicial and Legal ServiceCommission); High Court of Justice; Court of Appeals; The Majistracy(hears minor civil cases and summary criminal cases)
Tunisia:Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation
Turkey:Constitutional Court (judges are appointed by thepresident); Court of Appeals (judges are elected by the SupremeCouncil of Judges and Prosecutors)
Turkmenistan:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Turks and Caicos Islands:Supreme Court
Tuvalu:High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to presideover its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court ofAppeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)
Uganda:Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president andapproved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed bythe president)
Ukraine:Supreme Court; Constitutional Court
United Arab Emirates:Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed bythe president)
United Kingdom:House of Lords (highest court of appeal; severalLords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life);Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprisingthe Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the CrownCourts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
United States:Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed forlife by the president with confirmation by the Senate); UnitedStates Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State andCounty Courts
Uruguay:Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president andelected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)
Uzbekistan:Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president andconfirmed by the Supreme Assembly)
Vanuatu:Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the presidentafter consultation with the prime minister and the leader of theopposition, three other justices are appointed by the president onthe advice of the Judicial Service Commission)
Venezuela:Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema deJusticia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for asingle 12-year term)
Vietnam:Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for afive-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of thepresident)
Virgin Islands:US District Court of the Virgin Islands (under ThirdCircuit jurisdiction); Territorial Court (judges appointed by thegovernor for 10-year terms)
Wallis and Futuna:none; justice generally administered under Frenchlaw by the high administrator, but the three traditional kingsadminister customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu
Yemen:Supreme Court
Yugoslavia:Federal Court or Savezni Sud; Constitutional Court;judges for both courts are elected by the Federal Assembly fornine-year terms
Zambia:Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices areappointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdictionto hear civil and criminal cases)
Zimbabwe:Supreme Court; High Court
Taiwan:Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with theconsent of the National Assembly; note - beginning in 2003, justiceswill be appointed by the president with the consent of theLegislative Yuan)
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@Labor force
Afghanistan:10 million (2000 est.)
Albania:1.692 million (including 352,000 emigrant workers and261,000 domestically unemployed) (1994 est.)
Algeria:9.1 million (2000 est.)
American Samoa:14,000 (1996)
Andorra:30,787 salaried employees (1998)
Angola:5 million (1997 est.)
Anguilla:4,400 (1992)
Antigua and Barbuda:30,000
Argentina:15 million (1999)
Armenia:1.5 million (1999)
Aruba:41,501 (1997 est.)
Australia:9.5 million (December 1999)
Austria:3.7 million (1999)
Azerbaijan:2.9 million (1997)
Bahamas, The:156,000 (1999)
Bahrain:295,000 (1998 est.)
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national(July 1998 est.)
Bangladesh:64.1 million (1998)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99
Barbados:136,000 (1998 est.)
Belarus:4.8 million (2000)
Belgium:4.34 million (1999)
Belize:71,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technicalpersonnel (1997 est.)
Benin:NA
Bermuda:35,296 (1997)
Bhutan:NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor
Bolivia:2.5 million
Bosnia and Herzegovina:1.026 million
Botswana:235,000 formal sector employees (1995)
Brazil:79 million (1999 est.)
British Virgin Islands:4,911 (1980)
Brunei:144,000 (1995 est.); note - includes foreign workers andmilitary personnel
note: temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991)
Bulgaria:3.83 million (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso:5 million (1999)
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually toneighboring countries for seasonal employment
Burma:19.7 million (FY98/99 est.)
Burundi:1.9 million
Cambodia:6 million (1998 est.)
Cameroon:NA
Canada:16.1 million (2000)
Cape Verde:NA
Cayman Islands:19,820 (1995)
Central African Republic:NA
Chad:NA
Chile:5.8 million (1999 est.)
China:700 million (1998 est.)
Christmas Island:NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:NA
Colombia:18.3 million (1999 est.)
Comoros:144,500 (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:14.51 million (1993 est.)
Congo, Republic of the:NA
Cook Islands:6,601 (1993)
Costa Rica:1.9 million (1999)
Cote d'Ivoire:68% agricultural (2000 est.)
Croatia:1.68 million (October 2000)
Cuba:4.3 million (2000 est.)
note: state sector 75%, non-state sector 25% (1998)
Cyprus:Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300(2000)
Czech Republic:5.203 million (1999 est.)
Denmark:2.856 million (2000 est.)
Djibouti:282,000
Dominica:25,000
Dominican Republic:2.3 million - 2.6 million
Ecuador:4.2 million
Egypt:19.9 million (2000 est.)
El Salvador:2.35 million (1999)
Equatorial Guinea:NA
Eritrea:NA
Estonia:785,500 (1999 est.)
Ethiopia:NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):1,100 (est.)
Faroe Islands:24,250 (October 2000)
Fiji:235,000
Finland:2.6 million (2000 est.)
France:25 million (2000)
French Guiana:58,800 (1997)
French Polynesia:70,000 (1996)
Gabon:600,000
Gambia, The:400,000
Gaza Strip:NA
Georgia:3.08 million (1997)
Germany:40.5 million (1999 est.)
Ghana:9 million (2000 est.)
Gibraltar:14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers)
Greece:4.32 million (1999 est.)
Greenland:24,500 (1999 est.)
Grenada:42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe:125,900 (1997)
Guam:60,000 (2000 est.)
Guatemala:4.2 million (1999 est.)
Guernsey:31,322 (2000)
Guinea:3 million (1999)
Guinea-Bissau:480,000
Guyana:245,492 (1992)
Haiti:3.6 million (1995)
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1998)
Holy See (Vatican City):NA
Honduras:2.3 million (1997 est.)
Hong Kong:3.39 million (2000 est.)
Hungary:4.2 million (1997)
Iceland:159,000 (2000)
India:NA
Indonesia:99 million (1999)
Iran:17.3 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (1998)
Iraq:4.4 million (1989)
Ireland:1.82 million (2000 est.)
Israel:2.4 million (2000 est.)
Italy:23.4 million (2000)
Jamaica:1.13 million (1998)
Japan:67.7 million (December 2000)
Jersey:57,050 (1996)
Jordan:1.15 million
note: in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad(1997 est.)
Kazakhstan:8.8 million (1997)
Kenya:9.2 million (1998 est.)
Kiribati:7,870 economically active, not including subsistencefarmers (1985 est.)
Korea, North:9.6 million
Korea, South:22 million (2000)
Kuwait:1.3 million (1998 est.)
note: 68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national(July 1998 est.)
Kyrgyzstan:1.7 million
Laos:1 million - 1.5 million
Latvia:1.4 million (2000 est.)
Lebanon:1.3 million (1999 est.)
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers(1997 est.)
Lesotho:700,000 economically active
Libya:1.5 million (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein:22,891 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commutefrom Austria and Switzerland to work each day
Lithuania:2 million (2000 est.)
Luxembourg:248,000 (of whom 70,200 are foreign cross-border workersprimarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000)
Macau:283,450 (1999)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:1 million (1999 est.)
Madagascar:7 million (1999)
Malawi:3.5 million
Malaysia:9.6 million (2000 est.)
Maldives:67,000 (1995)
Mali:NA
Malta:145,901 (1999)
Man, Isle of:36,610 (1998)
Marshall Islands:NA
Martinique:170,000 (1997)
Mauritania:750,000 (1999)
Mauritius:514,000 (1995)
Mayotte:NA
Mexico:39.8 million (2000)
Micronesia, Federated States of:NA
Moldova:1.7 million (1998)
Monaco:30,540 (January 1994)
Mongolia:1.3 million (1999)
Montserrat:4,521 (1992); note - recently lowered by flight ofpeople from volcanic activity
Morocco:11 million (1997 est.)
Mozambique:7.4 million (1997 est.)
Namibia:500,000
Nepal:10 million (1996 est.)
note: severe lack of skilled labor
Netherlands:7.2 million (2000)
Netherlands Antilles:89,000
New Caledonia:79,395 (including 15, 018 unemployed, 1996)
New Zealand:1.88 million (2000)
Nicaragua:1.7 million (1999)
Niger:70,000 receive regular wages or salaries
Nigeria:66 million (1999 est.)
Niue:450 (1992 est.)
Norfolk Island:1,395 (1991 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands: 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (1995)
Norway:2.4 million (2000 est.)
Oman:850,000 (1997 est.)
Pakistan:40 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and useof child labor (2000 est.)
Palau:8,300 (1999)
Panama:1.1 million (2000 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilledlabor
Papua New Guinea:1.941 million
Paraguay:2 million (2000 est.)
Peru:7.6 million (1996 est.)
Philippines:48.1 million (2000 est.)
Pitcairn Islands:12 able-bodied men (1997)
Poland:17.2 million (1999 est.)
Portugal:5 million (1999)
Puerto Rico:1.3 million (2000)
Qatar:233,000 (1993 est.)
Reunion:261,000 (1995)
Romania:9.9 million (1999 est.)
Russia:66 million (1997)
Rwanda:3.6 million
Saint Helena:3,500 (1998 est.)
note: 1,200 of whom are working offshore
Saint Kitts and Nevis:18,172 (June 1995)
Saint Lucia:43,800
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:3,000 (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:67,000 (1984 est.)
Samoa:90,000 (2000 est.)
San Marino:18,500 (1999)
Sao Tome and Principe:NA
Saudi Arabia:7 million
note: 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national(July 1998 est.)
Senegal:NA
Seychelles:30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone:1.369 million (1981 est.)
note: only about 65,000 wage earners (1985)
Singapore:2.1 million (2000)
Slovakia:3 million (1999)
Slovenia:857,400
Solomon Islands:26,842
Somalia:3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) (1993 est.)
South Africa:17 million economically active (2000)
Spain:17 million (2000)
Sri Lanka:6.6 million (1998)
Sudan:11 million (1996 est.)
Suriname:100,000
Svalbard:NA
Swaziland:NA
Sweden:4.4 million (2000 est.)
Switzerland:3.9 million (964,000 foreign workers, mostly Italian)(1998 est.)
Syria:4.7 million (1998 est.)
Tajikistan:1.9 million (1996)
Tanzania:13.495 million
Thailand:32.6 million (1997 est.)
Togo:1.74 million (1996)
Tokelau:NA
Tonga:34,000 (FY96/97)
Trinidad and Tobago:558,700 (1998)
Tunisia:2.65 million (2000 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor
Turkey: 23 million (2000 est.)
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999)
Turkmenistan:2.34 million (1996)
Turks and Caicos Islands:4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu:NA
Uganda:8.361 million (1993 est.)
Ukraine:22.8 million (yearend 1997)
United Arab Emirates:1.4 million (1998 est.)
note: 75% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national(July 1998 est.)
United Kingdom:29.2 million (1999)
United States:140.9 million (includes unemployed) (2000)
Uruguay:1.5 million (1999 est.)
Uzbekistan:11.9 million (1998 est.)
Vanuatu:NA
Venezuela:9.9 million (1999)
Vietnam:38.2 million (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands:47,443 (1990 est.)
Wallis and Futuna:NA
West Bank:NA
Western Sahara:12,000
World:NA
Yemen:NA
Yugoslavia:1.6 million (1999 est.)
Zambia:3.4 million
Zimbabwe:5.5 million (2000 est.)
Taiwan:9.8 million (2000 est.)
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@Labor force - by occupation
Afghanistan:agriculture 70%, industry 15%, services 15% (1990 est.)
Albania:agriculture 50%, industry and services 50%
Algeria:government 29%, agriculture 25%, construction and publicworks 15%, industry 11%, other 20% (1996 est.)
American Samoa:government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)
Andorra:agriculture 1%, industry 21%, services 78% (1998)
Angola:agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% (1997 est.)
Anguilla:commerce 36%, services 29%, construction 18%,transportation and utilities 10%, manufacturing 3%,agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%
Antigua and Barbuda: commerce and services 82%, agriculture 11%, industry 7% (1983)
Argentina:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Armenia:agriculture 55%, services 25%, industry 20% (1999 est.)
Aruba:most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair,followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining
Australia:services 73%, industry 22%, agriculture 5% (1997 est.)
Austria:services 68%, industry and crafts 29%, agriculture andforestry 3% (1999 est.)
Azerbaijan:agriculture and forestry 32%, industry 15%, services 53%(1997)
Bahamas, The:tourism 40%, other services 50%, industry 5%,agriculture 5% (1995 est.)
Bahrain:industry, commerce, and service 79%, government 20%,agriculture 1% (1997 est.)
Bangladesh:agriculture 63%, services 26%, industry 11% (FY95/96)
Barbados:services 75%, industry 15%, agriculture 10% (1996 est.)
Belarus:industry and construction NA%, agriculture and forestryNA%, services NA%
Belgium:services 73%, industry 25%, agriculture 2% (1999 est.)
Belize:agriculture 38%, industry 32%, services 30% (1994)
Bermuda:clerical 23%, services 22%, laborers 17%, professional andtechnical 17%, administrative and managerial 12%, sales 7%,agriculture and fishing 2% (1996)
Bhutan:agriculture 93%, services 5%, industry and commerce 2%
Bolivia:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Bosnia and Herzegovina:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Botswana:100,000 public sector; 135,000 private sector, including14,300 who are employed in various mines in South Africa; mostothers engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1995est.)
Brazil:services 53.2%, agriculture 23.1%, industry 23.7%
British Virgin Islands:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Brunei:government 48%, production of oil, natural gas, services,and construction 42%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 10% (1999est.)
Bulgaria:agriculture 26%, industry 31%, services 43% (1998 est.)
Burkina Faso:agriculture 90% (2000 est.)
Burma:agriculture 65%, industry 10%, services 25% (1999 est.)
Burundi:NA
Cambodia:agriculture 80% (1999 est.)
Cameroon:agriculture 70%, industry and commerce 13%, other 17%
Canada:services 74%, manufacturing 15%, construction 5%,agriculture 3%, other 3% (2000)
Cayman Islands:agriculture 1.4%, industry 12.6%, services 86% (1995)
Chad:agriculture 85% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
Chile:agriculture 14%, industry 27%, services 59% (1997 est.)
China:agriculture 50%, industry 24%, services 26% (1998)
Christmas Island:tourism 400 people, mining 100 people (1995)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
Colombia:services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24% (1990)
Comoros:agriculture 80%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:agriculture 65%, industry 16%,services 19% (1991 est.)
Cook Islands:agriculture 29%, industry 15%, services 56% (1995)note - shortage of skilled labor
Costa Rica:agriculture 20%, industry 22%, services 58% (1999 est.)
Croatia:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Cuba:agriculture 25%, industry 24%, services 51% (1998)
Cyprus:Greek Cypriot area: services 73%, industry 22%, agriculture5% (2000); Turkish Cypriot area: services 56.4%, industry 22.8%,agriculture 20.8% (1998)
Czech Republic:agriculture 5%, industry 40%, services 55% (2000est.)
Denmark:services 79%, industry 17%, agriculture 4% (2000 est.)
Djibouti:agriculture 75%, industry 11%, services 14% (1991 est.)
Dominica:agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%
Dominican Republic: services and government 58.7%, industry 24.3%, agriculture 17% (1998 est.)
Ecuador:agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.)
Egypt:agriculture 29%, services 49%, industry 22% (FY99)
El Salvador:agriculture 30%, industry 15%, services 55% (1999 est.)
Eritrea:agriculture 80%, industry and services 20%
Estonia:industry 20%, agriculture 11%, services 69% (1999 est.)
Ethiopia:agriculture and animal husbandry 80%, government andservices 12%, industry and construction 8% (1985)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):agriculture 95% (mostlysheepherding and fishing)
Faroe Islands:fishing, fish processing, and manufacturing 33%,construction and private services 33%, public services 34%
Fiji:subsistence agriculture 67%, wage earners 18%, salary earners15% (1987)
Finland:public services 32%, industry 22%, commerce 14%, finance,insurance, and business services 10%, agriculture and forestry 8%,transport and communications 8%, construction 6%
France:services 71%, industry 25%, agriculture 4% (1997)
French Guiana:services, government, and commerce 60.6%, industry21.2%, agriculture 18.2% (1980)
French Polynesia:agriculture 13%, industry 19%, services 68% (1997)
Gabon:agriculture 60%, services and government 25%, industry andcommerce 15%
Gambia, The:agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%,government 6%
Gaza Strip:services 66%, industry 21%, agriculture 13% (1996)
Georgia:industry 20%, agriculture 40%, services 40% (1999 est.)
Germany:industry 33.4%, agriculture 2.8%, services 63.8% (1999)
Ghana:agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25% (1999 est.)
Gibraltar:services 60%, industry 40%, agriculture NEGL%
Greece:industry 21%, agriculture 20%, services 59% (2000 est.)
Grenada:services 62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.)
Guadeloupe:NA
Guam:federal and territorial government 26%, private 74% (trade24%, other services 40%, industry 10%) (2000 est.)
Guatemala:agriculture 50%, industry 15%, services 35% (1999 est.)
Guinea:agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau:agriculture 78%
Guyana:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Haiti:agriculture 66%, services 25%, industry 9%
Holy See (Vatican City): agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%; note - dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican
Honduras:agriculture 29%, industry 21%, services 50% (1998 est.)
Hong Kong:wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels31.5%, community and social services 24%, financing, insurance, andreal estate 14.5%, transport and communications 11.6%, manufacturing7.7%, construction 2.6% (October 1999)
Hungary:services 65%, industry 27%, agriculture 8% (1996)
Iceland:agriculture 5.1%, fishing and fish processing 11.8%,manufacturing 12.9%, construction 10.7%, other services 59.5% (1999)
India:agriculture 67%, services 18%, industry 15% (1995 est.)
Indonesia:agriculture 45%, industry 16%, services 39% (1999 est.)
Iran:agriculture 33%, industry 25%, services 42% (1999 est.)
Iraq:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Ireland:services 64%, industry 28%, agriculture 8% (2000 est.)
Israel:public services 31.2%, manufacturing 20.2%, finance andbusiness 13.1%, commerce 12.8%, construction 7.5%, personal andother services 6.4%, transport, storage, and communications 6.2%,agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.6% (1996)
Italy:services 61.9%, industry 32.6%, agriculture 5.5% (1999)
Jamaica:services 60%, agriculture 21%, industry 19% (1998)
Japan:services 65%, industry 30%, agriculture 5%
Jordan:industry 11.4%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 10.5%,construction 10%, transport and communications 8.7%, agriculture7.4%, other services 52% (1992)
Kazakhstan:industry 27%, agriculture 23%, services 50% (1996)
Kenya:agriculture 75%-80%
Korea, North:agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%
Korea, South:services 68%, industry 20%, agriculture 12% (1999)
Kuwait:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Kyrgyzstan:agriculture 55%, industry 15%, services 30% (1999 est.)
Laos:agriculture 80% (1997 est.)
Latvia:agriculture 10%, industry 25%, services 65% (2000 est.)
Lebanon:services NA%, industry NA%, agriculture NA%
Lesotho:86% of resident population engaged in subsistenceagriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work inSouth Africa
Liberia:agriculture 70%, industry 8%, services 22% (1999 est.)
Libya:services and government 54%, industry 29%, agriculture 17%(1997 est.)
Liechtenstein:industry, trade, and building 45%, services 53%,agriculture, fishing, forestry, and horticulture 2% (1997 est.)
Lithuania:industry 30%, agriculture 20%, services 50% (1997 est.)
Luxembourg:services 83.2%, industry 14.3%, agriculture 2.5% (1998est.)
Macau:restaurants and hotels 26%, manufacturing 22%, other services52% (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:agriculture NA%,industry NA%, services NA%
Malawi:agriculture 86% (1997 est.)
Malaysia:local trade and tourism 28%, manufacturing 27%,agriculture, forestry, and fisheries 16%, services 10%, government10%, construction 9% (2000 est.)
Maldives:agriculture 22%, industry 18%, services 60% (1995)
Mali:agriculture and fishing 80% (1998 est.)
Malta:industry 24%, services 71%, agriculture 5% (1999 est.)
Man, Isle of:agriculture, forestry and fishing 3%, manufacturing11%, construction 10%, transport and communication 8%, wholesale andretail distribution 11%, professional and scientific services 18%,public administration 6%, banking and finance 18%, tourism 2%,entertainment and catering 3%, miscellaneous services 10%
Marshall Islands:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Martinique:agriculture 10%, industry 17%, services 73% (1997)
Mauritania:agriculture 47%, services 39%, industry 14%
Mauritius:construction and industry 36%, services 24%, agricultureand fishing 14%, trade, restaurants, hotels 16%, transportation andcommunication 7%, finance 3% (1995)
Mexico:agriculture 20%, industry 24%, services 56% (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of:two-thirds are government employees
Moldova:agriculture 40%, industry 14%, other 46% (1998)
Mongolia:primarily herding/agricultural
Montserrat:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Morocco:agriculture 50%, services 35%, industry 15% (1999 est.)
Mozambique:agriculture 81%, industry 6%, services 13% (1997 est.)
Namibia:agriculture 47%, industry 20%, services 33% (1999 est.)
Nauru:employed in mining phosphates, public administration,education, and transportation
Nepal:agriculture 81%, services 16%, industry 3%
Netherlands:services 73%, industry 23%, agriculture 4% (1998 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: agriculture 1%, industry 13%, services 86% (1994 est.)
New Caledonia:agriculture 7%, industry 23%, services 70% (1999 est.)
New Zealand:services 65%, industry 25%, agriculture 10% (1995)
Nicaragua:services 43%, agriculture 42%, industry 15% (1999 est.)
Niger:agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 6%, government 4%
Nigeria:agriculture 70%, industry 10%, services 20% (1999 est.)
Niue:most work on family plantations; paid work exists only ingovernment service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board
Norfolk Island:tourism NA%, subsistence agriculture NA%
Northern Mariana Islands:NA
Norway:services 74%, industry 22%, agriculture, forestry, andfishing 4% (1995)
Oman:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Pakistan:agriculture 44%, industry 17%, services 39% (1999 est.)
Palau:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Panama:agriculture 20.8%, industry 18%, services 61.2% (1995 est.)
Papua New Guinea:agriculture 85%, industry NA%, services NA%
Paraguay:agriculture 45%
Peru:agriculture, mining and quarrying, manufacturing,construction, transport, services
Philippines:agriculture 39.8%, government and social services19.4%, services 17.7%, manufacturing 9.8%, construction 5.8%, other7.5% (1998 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
Poland:industry 22.1%, agriculture 27.5%, services 50.4% (1999)
Portugal:services 60%, industry 30%, agriculture 10% (1999 est.)
Puerto Rico:agriculture 3%, industry 20%, services 77% (2000 est.)
Reunion:agriculture 8%, industry 19%, services 73% (1990)
Romania:agriculture 40%, industry 25%, services 35% (1998)
Russia:agriculture 15%, industry 30%, services 55% (1999 est.)
Rwanda:agriculture 90%
Saint Helena:agriculture and fishing 6%, industry (mainlyconstruction) 48%, services 46% (1987 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:NA
Saint Lucia:agriculture 43.4%, services 38.9%, industry andcommerce 17.7% (1983 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:fishing 18%, industry (mainlyfish-processing) 41%, services 41% (1996 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:agriculture 26%, industry 17%,services 57% (1980 est.)
Samoa:agriculture 65%, services 30%, industry 5% (1995 est.)
San Marino:services 60%, industry 38%, agriculture 2% (1998 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing
note: shortages of skilled workers
Saudi Arabia:agriculture 12%, industry 25%, services 63% (1999 est.)
Senegal:agriculture 60%
Seychelles:industry 19%, services 71%, agriculture 10% (1989)
Sierra Leone:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Singapore:financial, business, and other services 35%,manufacturing 21%, construction 13%, transportation andcommunication 9%
Slovakia:industry 29.3%, agriculture 8.9%, construction 8%,transport and communication 8.2%, services 45.6% (1994)
Slovenia:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Solomon Islands:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Somalia:agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry andservices 29%
South Africa:agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.)
Spain:services 64%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 28%,agriculture 8% (1997 est.)
Sri Lanka:services 45%, agriculture 38%, industry 17% (1998 est.)
Sudan:agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 10%, government 6%,unemployed 4% (1996 est.)
Suriname:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Swaziland:private sector 70%, public sector 30%
Sweden:agriculture 2%, industry 24%, services 74% (2000 est.)
Switzerland:services 69.1%, industry 26.3%, agriculture 4.6% (1998est.)
Syria:agriculture 40%, industry 20%, services 40% (1996 est.)
Tajikistan:agriculture 50%, industry 20%, services 30% (1997 est.)
Tanzania:agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 20% (2000 est.)
Thailand:agriculture 54%, industry 15%, services 31% (1996 est.)
Togo:agriculture 65%, industry 5%, services 30% (1998 est.)
Tonga:agriculture 65% (1997 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago:construction and utilities 12.4%,manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%, agriculture 9.5%, services64.1% (1997 est.)
Tunisia:services 55%, industry 23%, agriculture 22% (1995 est.)
Turkey:agriculture 38%, services 38%, industry 24% (2000)
Turkmenistan:agriculture 44%, industry 19%, services 37% (1996)
Turks and Caicos Islands:about 33% in government and 20% inagriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial,and other services (1997 est.)
Tuvalu:people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea,reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those working abroad(mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)
Uganda:agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.)
Ukraine:industry 32%, agriculture 24%, services 44% (1996)
United Arab Emirates:services 60%, industry 32%, agriculture 8%(1996 est.)
United Kingdom:agriculture 1%, industry 19%, services 80% (1996est.)
United States:managerial and professional 30.2%, technical, salesand administrative support 29.2%, services 13.5%, manufacturing,mining, transportation, and crafts 24.6%, farming, forestry, andfishing 2.5% (2000)
note: figures exclude the unemployed
Uruguay:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Uzbekistan:agriculture 44%, industry 20%, services 36% (1995)
Vanuatu:agriculture 65%, services 32%, industry 3% (1995 est.)
Venezuela:services 64%, industry 23%, agriculture 13% (1997 est.)
Vietnam:agriculture 67%, industry and services 33% (1997 est.)
Virgin Islands:agriculture 1%, industry 20%, services 79% (1990est.)
Wallis and Futuna:agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%,government 4% (est.)
West Bank:services 66%, industry 21%, agriculture 13% (1996)
Western Sahara:animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50%
World:agricultue NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Yemen:most people are employed in agriculture and herding;services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less thanone-fourth of the labor force
Yugoslavia:agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Zambia:agriculture 85%, industry 6%, services 9%