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  "format": "india-by-the-numbers.series.v1",
  "id": "economy/employment-structure",
  "name": "Employment and economic output by sector",
  "hub": "Economy",
  "topic": "Jobs and businesses",
  "moduleIds": [
    "employment-structure"
  ],
  "url": "https://data.indiadispatch.com/economy/employment-by-sector",
  "period": "2025",
  "periodKey": "2025",
  "latest": {
    "formattedValue": "41.63%"
  },
  "source": {
    "name": "World Bank",
    "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/country/india"
  },
  "numericValue": 41.6251280877573,
  "unit": "percent",
  "measure": "agriculture_employment_percent",
  "cadence": "Annual",
  "version": "112936d21bb67af9b0019c15edd694bb78df0ffae032e626200e00b35825a08b",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-05T05:33:24.257Z",
  "coverage": "1996/2025",
  "notes": [
    "The table retains the source’s published periods. Missing observations are not zero and have not been interpolated.",
    "Value-added shares use national accounts. Employment shares are modelled ILO estimates. The three value-added sectors do not sum to 100 because taxes less subsidies are outside them."
  ],
  "license": {
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "scope": "India Dispatch's original compiled tables and editorial text"
  },
  "sourceRights": "Underlying source publishers retain their own rights. This license does not grant rights to publisher documents, branding or other third-party material.",
  "attribution": "India by the numbers, Employment and economic output by sector, 2025, https://data.indiadispatch.com/economy/employment-by-sector. Source: World Bank.",
  "valueRepresentation": "Table cells are the publication's formatted observations, with units retained. Missing observations are not zero. Numeric latest amounts, where present, are separately labelled INR and USD.",
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    {
      "title": "Employment and economic output by sector",
      "temporalCoverage": "1996/2025",
      "columns": [
        "Year",
        "Agriculture gva",
        "Industry gva",
        "Services gva",
        "Agriculture employment",
        "Industry employment",
        "Services employment"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "id": "1996",
          "cells": [
            "1996",
            "25.2%",
            "27.91%",
            "37.71%",
            "61.51%",
            "15.27%",
            "23.22%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "1997",
          "cells": [
            "1997",
            "24.25%",
            "27.84%",
            "39.08%",
            "61.16%",
            "15.47%",
            "23.37%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "1998",
          "cells": [
            "1998",
            "24.18%",
            "27.3%",
            "40.13%",
            "60.65%",
            "15.79%",
            "23.56%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "1999",
          "cells": [
            "1999",
            "22.97%",
            "26.52%",
            "41.97%",
            "59.88%",
            "16.31%",
            "23.81%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2000",
          "cells": [
            "2000",
            "21.61%",
            "27.33%",
            "42.73%",
            "59.61%",
            "16.34%",
            "24.05%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2001",
          "cells": [
            "2001",
            "21.62%",
            "26.49%",
            "43.81%",
            "58.89%",
            "16.75%",
            "24.36%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2002",
          "cells": [
            "2002",
            "19.53%",
            "27.66%",
            "44.73%",
            "58.21%",
            "17.06%",
            "24.74%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2003",
          "cells": [
            "2003",
            "19.59%",
            "27.47%",
            "44.7%",
            "57.16%",
            "17.69%",
            "25.14%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2004",
          "cells": [
            "2004",
            "17.81%",
            "29.22%",
            "44.11%",
            "56%",
            "18.42%",
            "25.58%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2005",
          "cells": [
            "2005",
            "17.62%",
            "29.53%",
            "44.44%",
            "55.02%",
            "19%",
            "25.98%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2006",
          "cells": [
            "2006",
            "16.81%",
            "30.93%",
            "44.04%",
            "54.27%",
            "19.52%",
            "26.2%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2007",
          "cells": [
            "2007",
            "16.75%",
            "30.9%",
            "44.01%",
            "53.37%",
            "20.32%",
            "26.31%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2008",
          "cells": [
            "2008",
            "16.79%",
            "31.14%",
            "45.88%",
            "52.88%",
            "20.75%",
            "26.37%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2009",
          "cells": [
            "2009",
            "16.74%",
            "31.12%",
            "45.98%",
            "51.94%",
            "21.56%",
            "26.49%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2010",
          "cells": [
            "2010",
            "17.03%",
            "30.73%",
            "45.03%",
            "51.06%",
            "22.38%",
            "26.57%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2011",
          "cells": [
            "2011",
            "17.19%",
            "30.16%",
            "45.44%",
            "49.08%",
            "23.55%",
            "27.38%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2012",
          "cells": [
            "2012",
            "16.85%",
            "29.4%",
            "46.3%",
            "47.09%",
            "24.69%",
            "28.22%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2013",
          "cells": [
            "2013",
            "17.15%",
            "28.4%",
            "46.7%",
            "46.24%",
            "24.75%",
            "29%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2014",
          "cells": [
            "2014",
            "16.79%",
            "27.66%",
            "47.82%",
            "45.25%",
            "24.9%",
            "29.85%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2015",
          "cells": [
            "2015",
            "16.17%",
            "27.35%",
            "47.78%",
            "44.28%",
            "24.95%",
            "30.77%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2016",
          "cells": [
            "2016",
            "16.36%",
            "26.62%",
            "47.75%",
            "43.2%",
            "25.19%",
            "31.61%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2017",
          "cells": [
            "2017",
            "16.56%",
            "26.5%",
            "47.67%",
            "42.27%",
            "25.27%",
            "32.47%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2018",
          "cells": [
            "2018",
            "16.03%",
            "26.41%",
            "48.43%",
            "41.29%",
            "25.37%",
            "33.34%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2019",
          "cells": [
            "2019",
            "16.76%",
            "24.59%",
            "50.08%",
            "40.65%",
            "25.25%",
            "34.1%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2020",
          "cells": [
            "2020",
            "18.67%",
            "25.12%",
            "47.93%",
            "44.68%",
            "23.7%",
            "31.62%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2021",
          "cells": [
            "2021",
            "17.37%",
            "26.47%",
            "47.85%",
            "44.08%",
            "24.47%",
            "31.45%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2022",
          "cells": [
            "2022",
            "18.21%",
            "25.6%",
            "47.17%",
            "42.86%",
            "26.12%",
            "31.02%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2023",
          "cells": [
            "2023",
            "17.66%",
            "25.55%",
            "47.59%",
            "43.51%",
            "25.03%",
            "31.46%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2024",
          "cells": [
            "2024",
            "17.57%",
            "25.17%",
            "47.97%",
            "42.35%",
            "25.37%",
            "32.27%"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2025",
          "cells": [
            "2025",
            "16.23%",
            "25.2%",
            "49.34%",
            "41.63%",
            "25.82%",
            "32.56%"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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