World Development Report 1984
World Development Report 1984
World Development Report 1984
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Table 21. Labor force<br />
Percentage of<br />
population of<br />
working age Percentage of labor force in:<br />
Average-annual growth<br />
of labor force<br />
(1 5-64 years) Agriculture Industry Services (percent)<br />
1960- 1982 1960 1980 1960 1980 19~60 1980~ 1960-70 1970-82 1980-2000<br />
Low-income economies<br />
China and India<br />
Other low-income<br />
5.5<br />
56.<br />
54~<br />
59<br />
61 ;<br />
53;<br />
77;,<br />
82<br />
69.<br />
73. 7<br />
13..<br />
17<br />
1 1<br />
143 is<br />
14,<br />
II E,<br />
17.,<br />
1 7<br />
'8 2 3.. C'.<br />
i Chad 57 54 95 85 2 7 3 8 1 5 1 8 2.6<br />
2 Bangladesh 53 55 87 74 3 1 1 10 15 21 29 3.0<br />
3 Ethiopia 53 52 88 80 5 7 7 ~320 1 7 3.0<br />
4 Nepal 57 55 95 93 2 2 3 5 1.3 24 2 7<br />
5 Mali 54 51 94 73 3 12 3 15 21 2.1 29<br />
6 Burma 59 55 67 10 . 23 1 1 1 5 23<br />
7 Zaire 53 52 83 75 9 13 8 12 1 4 23 32<br />
8 Malaw 52 50 92 86 3 5 5 9 2,4 25 32<br />
9 Upper Volta 54 52 92 82 5 13 3 5 1 6 16 2 5<br />
10OUganda 54 52 89 83 4 6 7 11 26 21 3.5<br />
1 1 India 54 57 74 71 1 1 13 15 1 6 1 7 21 2.1<br />
12 Rwanda 53 52 95 91 1 2 4 7 2.2 32 3 5<br />
13 Burund 55 53 90 84 3 5 7 1 1 0.9 1 6 28<br />
14 Tanzania 54 51 89 83 4 6 7 1 1 21 2.6 34<br />
ls Soma ia 54 54 88 82 4 8 8 10 21 2.9 20<br />
16 Haiti 55 53 80 74 6 7 1 4 19 06 13 20<br />
17 Ben n 53 51 54 46 9 16 37 38 21 21 28<br />
18 Central AfricanPRep 58 55 94 88 2 4 4 8 11 15 2.4<br />
19 China 56 63 69 . 19 ! 2 17 18 1 6<br />
20 Gu nea 55 53 88 82 6 ~1 6 7 1.1 13 23<br />
21lNiger 53 51 95 91 1 3 4 6 30 3.0 34<br />
22 Madagascar 55 53 93 87 2 4 5 9 1 7 21 30<br />
23 Sri anka 54 60 56 54 14 14 30 32 21 21 21<br />
24 Togo 53 51 80 67 8 15 12 18 25 18 3 2<br />
25 Ghana 53 51 64 53 14 20 22 27 1 6 23 39<br />
26 Pakistan 52 51 61 57 18 20 21 23 19 27 3.1<br />
27 Kenya<br />
28 Sierra Leone<br />
29 Afghanistan<br />
30 Bhutan<br />
50<br />
55<br />
55<br />
56<br />
47<br />
53<br />
52<br />
56<br />
86<br />
78<br />
85<br />
95<br />
78<br />
65<br />
79<br />
93<br />
5 10<br />
12 ~9<br />
6 8<br />
2 2<br />
9<br />
10<br />
9<br />
3<br />
12<br />
16<br />
13<br />
5<br />
2 7<br />
1.0<br />
1 9<br />
03<br />
33<br />
1 6<br />
2.1<br />
2.1<br />
4.2<br />
24<br />
26<br />
23<br />
31 Kampuchea, Dem<br />
32 LaoPDR<br />
33 Mozambique<br />
34 Viet Nam<br />
53<br />
56<br />
56<br />
.<br />
51<br />
53<br />
54<br />
82<br />
83<br />
81<br />
8 1<br />
75<br />
66<br />
7 1<br />
4<br />
4<br />
8<br />
5<br />
6<br />
18<br />
10<br />
14<br />
13<br />
11<br />
14<br />
19<br />
16<br />
19<br />
20<br />
11<br />
18<br />
.2.7<br />
08<br />
34<br />
27<br />
3.1<br />
Middle-income economies<br />
Oil exporters<br />
55.<br />
51<br />
55<br />
54.<br />
6?2<br />
6<br />
46.<br />
_. 4<br />
is.<br />
1<br />
21 I<br />
7<br />
23.<br />
23<br />
34<br />
3<br />
21 .<br />
't,<br />
7<br />
Ž.<br />
Oillimporlers 55. 57* 6 0 4426 I 24. 32. 2 221 34<br />
35 Sudan 53 53 86 78 6 10 8 12 21 2.8 3.0<br />
36 Mauritania 53 51 91 69 3 8 6 23 19 20 2.4<br />
37 Yemen. PDR 52 52 70 45 15 15 15 40 17 1 7 3.6<br />
38 Liber.a 52 51 80 70 10 14 10 1I6 2.4 30 3 5<br />
39 Senegal 54 52 84 77 5 10 1 1 13 1.7 2.0 2 7<br />
40 Yemen Arab Rep 54 52 83 75 7 1 1 10 14 1.6 2 0 34<br />
41lLesotho 57 55 93 87 2 4 5 9 1 6 1 9 2 7<br />
42 Bol va 55 53 61 50 18 24 21, 26 1 7 23 29<br />
43 Indonesia 56 57 75 58 6 12 17 30 1 / 2 5 1 9<br />
44 Zambia 53 50 79 67 7 1 1 14 22 21 2 3 32<br />
45 Hionduras 52 50 70 63 1 1 20 i9 17 2.5 32 3.5<br />
46 Egypt, Arab Rep 55 57 58 50 12 30 30 20 22 25 2.4<br />
47 ESalvador 52 52 62 50 17 22 21 28 30 2.8 35<br />
48 Thailand 53 56 84 76 4 9 12 15 2.1 2.8 22<br />
49 Papua New Gu nea 57 55 89 82 4 8 7 10 1 7 1.7 20<br />
50 Phil pQnes 52 53 61, 46 15 17 24 37 2.1 2.5 2 7<br />
51 Zimbabwe 52 50 69 60 1' 15 20 25 31 23 4 5<br />
52 N ger a 52 50 71 54 10 19 19 27 1 8 1 8 35<br />
53 Morocco 53 51 62 52 14 21 24 27 1 5 28 3.5<br />
54 Cameroon 57 54 87 83 5 7 8 10 1 5 22 3.2<br />
55 Nicaragua 50 50 62 39 16 14 22 47 2.3 38 3.9<br />
56 Ivory Coast 54 53 89 79 2 4 9 17 3.6 4.1 33<br />
57 Guatemala 51 54 67 55 14 21 19 24 2.8 32 29<br />
58 Congo, People's Rep. 56 52 52 34 17 26 31 40 1 8 2.2 3 9<br />
59 Costa Rca 50 59 51 29 19 23 30 48 3.3 38 28<br />
60 Peru 52 54 53 40 20 19 27 41 2 1 28 2.9<br />
6' Dom~n.can Rep 49 53 67 49 12 18 21 33 22 36 30<br />
62 Jama~ca 54 54 39 35 25 18 36 47 04 23 28<br />
63 Ecuador 52 52 57 52 19 17 24 31 2 7 2 8 3.4<br />
64 Turkey 55 59 79 54 11 13 10 33 1.4 20 2.3<br />
Note For data comparability and coverage see the tech n cai notes<br />
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