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Employment by economic sector in Bangladesh 2017

Bangladesh: Distribution of employment by economic sector from 2007 to 2017

The data displays the distribution of employment in Bangladesh by economic sector from 2007 to 2017. In 2017, 39.07% of the employees in Bangladesh were active in the agricultural sector, 21.09% in industry and 39.85% in the service sector.

2007 48.46 15.06 36.48
2008 48.35 15.76 35.89
2009 47.95 16.71 35.34
2010 47.31 17.63 35.07
2011 48.33 17.74 33.94
2012 47.31 18.79 33.9
2013 45.1 20.79 34.11
2014 44.5 20.17 35.33
2015 42.67 20.46 36.88
2016 41.14 20.84 38.02
2017 39.07 21.09 39.85