CIS: workforce share by sector & country

Among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, the highest share of people employed in the agricultural sector was recorded in Tajikistan, at nearly 45 percent in 2019. To compare, in Russia, less than six percent of the workforce worked in that sector, while over two thirds of the workforce were employed in services.

Distribution of workforce in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2019, by sector and country

Characteristic	Agriculture	Industry	Services
Tajikistan	44.72%	15.79%	39.49%
Georgia	38.15%	14.26%	47.59%
Azerbaijan	36%	14.79%	49.22%
Uzbekistan	25.71%	23.02%	51.27%
Armenia	24.05%	24.75%	51.2%
Moldova	20.96%	21.72%	57.32%
Turkmenistan	20.68%	39.83%	39.49%
Kyrgyzstan	19.32%	25.36%	55.33%
Kazakhstan	14.86%	20.98%	64.16%
Ukraine	13.82%	24.96%	61.22%
Belarus	11.06%	30.38%	58.56%
Russia	5.83%	26.79%	67.38%

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Asia, Europe

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

Georgia, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine are not official members of the CIS and were added due to their geographic and economic proximity to CIS countries.
Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

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