The table shows the percentage of the workforce employed in agriculture, industry and services in five countries.
Overall, services employed the largest share of workers in four of the five countries, and the proportion working in agriculture was highest in India. India was the only country where farming remained the main source of jobs.
India had the highest agricultural employment, at 43%, compared with 32% in services and 25% in industry. Uzbekistan and Egypt had similar structures to each other. In Uzbekistan 25% of workers were in agriculture, 26% in industry and 49% in services, while the Egyptian figures were 20%, 26% and 54%.
Poland and the USA had far smaller agricultural sectors. In Poland just 8% of people worked on farms, and 31% worked in industry, the highest industrial share on the table, with services employing 61%. The USA had the most service-oriented workforce, with 79% in services, 19% in industry and only 2% in agriculture.
Industry employed between 19% and 31% of workers in all five countries, and was most stable in the first four, ranging from 25% to 31%.