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Table 1.1: Ecosystems Bring Jobs

TABLE 1.1 Ecosystems bring jobs

Percent of Global Workforce Employed in Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, 2001

Region/Country Percent of Active Workforce
WORLD 44     
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 7     
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 54     
ASIA AND PACIFIC 60     
    Cambodia 70     
    China 67     
    India 59     
    Nepal 93     
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 19     
    Bolivia 44     
    Guatemala 45     
    Haiti 62     
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 33     
    Afghanistan 67     
    Turkey 45     
    Yemen 50     
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 62     
    Burkina Faso 92     
    Ethiopia 82     
    Niger 88     
    Tanzania 80     
COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION 15     
    Albania 48     
    Azerbaijan 26     
    Tajikistan 33     
Source: FAO 2004:169-174, Table A4