World Development Report 1984

Table 21. Labor force
Percentage of
population of
working age Percentage of labor force in:
Average-annual growth
of labor force
(1 5-64 years) Agriculture Industry Services (percent)
1960- 1982 1960 1980 1960 1980 19~60 1980~ 1960-70 1970-82 1980-2000
Low-income economies
China and India
Other low-income
5.5
56.
54~
59
61 ;
53;
77;,
82
69.
73. 7
13..
17
1 1
143 is
14,
II E,
17.,
1 7
'8 2 3.. C'.
i Chad 57 54 95 85 2 7 3 8 1 5 1 8 2.6
2 Bangladesh 53 55 87 74 3 1 1 10 15 21 29 3.0
3 Ethiopia 53 52 88 80 5 7 7 ~320 1 7 3.0
4 Nepal 57 55 95 93 2 2 3 5 1.3 24 2 7
5 Mali 54 51 94 73 3 12 3 15 21 2.1 29
6 Burma 59 55 67 10 . 23 1 1 1 5 23
7 Zaire 53 52 83 75 9 13 8 12 1 4 23 32
8 Malaw 52 50 92 86 3 5 5 9 2,4 25 32
9 Upper Volta 54 52 92 82 5 13 3 5 1 6 16 2 5
10OUganda 54 52 89 83 4 6 7 11 26 21 3.5
1 1 India 54 57 74 71 1 1 13 15 1 6 1 7 21 2.1
12 Rwanda 53 52 95 91 1 2 4 7 2.2 32 3 5
13 Burund 55 53 90 84 3 5 7 1 1 0.9 1 6 28
14 Tanzania 54 51 89 83 4 6 7 1 1 21 2.6 34
ls Soma ia 54 54 88 82 4 8 8 10 21 2.9 20
16 Haiti 55 53 80 74 6 7 1 4 19 06 13 20
17 Ben n 53 51 54 46 9 16 37 38 21 21 28
18 Central AfricanPRep 58 55 94 88 2 4 4 8 11 15 2.4
19 China 56 63 69 . 19 ! 2 17 18 1 6
20 Gu nea 55 53 88 82 6 ~1 6 7 1.1 13 23
21lNiger 53 51 95 91 1 3 4 6 30 3.0 34
22 Madagascar 55 53 93 87 2 4 5 9 1 7 21 30
23 Sri anka 54 60 56 54 14 14 30 32 21 21 21
24 Togo 53 51 80 67 8 15 12 18 25 18 3 2
25 Ghana 53 51 64 53 14 20 22 27 1 6 23 39
26 Pakistan 52 51 61 57 18 20 21 23 19 27 3.1
27 Kenya
28 Sierra Leone
29 Afghanistan
30 Bhutan
50
55
55
56
47
53
52
56
86
78
85
95
78
65
79
93
5 10
12 ~9
6 8
2 2
9
10
9
3
12
16
13
5
2 7
1.0
1 9
03
33
1 6
2.1
2.1
4.2
24
26
23
31 Kampuchea, Dem
32 LaoPDR
33 Mozambique
34 Viet Nam
53
56
56
.
51
53
54
82
83
81
8 1
75
66
7 1
4
4
8
5
6
18
10
14
13
11
14
19
16
19
20
11
18
.2.7
08
34
27
3.1
Middle-income economies
Oil exporters
55.
51
55
54.
6?2
6
46.
_. 4
is.
1
21 I
7
23.
23
34
3
21 .
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7
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Oillimporlers 55. 57* 6 0 4426 I 24. 32. 2 221 34
35 Sudan 53 53 86 78 6 10 8 12 21 2.8 3.0
36 Mauritania 53 51 91 69 3 8 6 23 19 20 2.4
37 Yemen. PDR 52 52 70 45 15 15 15 40 17 1 7 3.6
38 Liber.a 52 51 80 70 10 14 10 1I6 2.4 30 3 5
39 Senegal 54 52 84 77 5 10 1 1 13 1.7 2.0 2 7
40 Yemen Arab Rep 54 52 83 75 7 1 1 10 14 1.6 2 0 34
41lLesotho 57 55 93 87 2 4 5 9 1 6 1 9 2 7
42 Bol va 55 53 61 50 18 24 21, 26 1 7 23 29
43 Indonesia 56 57 75 58 6 12 17 30 1 / 2 5 1 9
44 Zambia 53 50 79 67 7 1 1 14 22 21 2 3 32
45 Hionduras 52 50 70 63 1 1 20 i9 17 2.5 32 3.5
46 Egypt, Arab Rep 55 57 58 50 12 30 30 20 22 25 2.4
47 ESalvador 52 52 62 50 17 22 21 28 30 2.8 35
48 Thailand 53 56 84 76 4 9 12 15 2.1 2.8 22
49 Papua New Gu nea 57 55 89 82 4 8 7 10 1 7 1.7 20
50 Phil pQnes 52 53 61, 46 15 17 24 37 2.1 2.5 2 7
51 Zimbabwe 52 50 69 60 1' 15 20 25 31 23 4 5
52 N ger a 52 50 71 54 10 19 19 27 1 8 1 8 35
53 Morocco 53 51 62 52 14 21 24 27 1 5 28 3.5
54 Cameroon 57 54 87 83 5 7 8 10 1 5 22 3.2
55 Nicaragua 50 50 62 39 16 14 22 47 2.3 38 3.9
56 Ivory Coast 54 53 89 79 2 4 9 17 3.6 4.1 33
57 Guatemala 51 54 67 55 14 21 19 24 2.8 32 29
58 Congo, People's Rep. 56 52 52 34 17 26 31 40 1 8 2.2 3 9
59 Costa Rca 50 59 51 29 19 23 30 48 3.3 38 28
60 Peru 52 54 53 40 20 19 27 41 2 1 28 2.9
6' Dom~n.can Rep 49 53 67 49 12 18 21 33 22 36 30
62 Jama~ca 54 54 39 35 25 18 36 47 04 23 28
63 Ecuador 52 52 57 52 19 17 24 31 2 7 2 8 3.4
64 Turkey 55 59 79 54 11 13 10 33 1.4 20 2.3
Note For data comparability and coverage see the tech n cai notes
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