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Employment and economic output by sector
Employment and economic output by sector: 41.63% in 2025
41.63%
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- GVA
- Gross value added, the value of output less the goods and services used to produce it. GDP adds product taxes and subtracts product subsidies from GVA. Definition and conventions
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.
Publication cadence: Annual. Missing observations are not zero.
Employment and economic output by sector · Agriculture employment
Employment and economic output by sector · Agriculture employment: 30 observations shown, from 1996 through 2025.
| Period | Percent |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 61.5% |
| 1997 | 61.2% |
| 1998 | 60.6% |
| 1999 | 59.9% |
| 2000 | 59.6% |
| 2001 | 58.9% |
| 2002 | 58.2% |
| 2003 | 57.2% |
| 2004 | 56.0% |
| 2005 | 55.0% |
| 2006 | 54.3% |
| 2007 | 53.4% |
| 2008 | 52.9% |
| 2009 | 51.9% |
| 2010 | 51.1% |
| 2011 | 49.1% |
| 2012 | 47.1% |
| 2013 | 46.2% |
| 2014 | 45.3% |
| 2015 | 44.3% |
| 2016 | 43.2% |
| 2017 | 42.3% |
| 2018 | 41.3% |
| 2019 | 40.7% |
| 2020 | 44.7% |
| 2021 | 44.1% |
| 2022 | 42.9% |
| 2023 | 43.5% |
| 2024 | 42.4% |
| 2025 | 41.6% |
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Employment and economic output by sector
| Year | Agriculture | Industry | Services | Agriculture employment | Industry employment | Services employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.23% | 25.2% | 49.34% | 41.63% | 25.82% | 32.56% |
| 2024 | 17.57% | 25.17% | 47.97% | 42.35% | 25.37% | 32.27% |
| 2023 | 17.66% | 25.55% | 47.59% | 43.51% | 25.03% | 31.46% |
| 2022 | 18.21% | 25.6% | 47.17% | 42.86% | 26.12% | 31.02% |
| 2021 | 17.37% | 26.47% | 47.85% | 44.08% | 24.47% | 31.45% |
| 2020 | 18.67% | 25.12% | 47.93% | 44.68% | 23.7% | 31.62% |
| 2019 | 16.76% | 24.59% | 50.08% | 40.65% | 25.25% | 34.1% |
| 2018 | 16.03% | 26.41% | 48.43% | 41.29% | 25.37% | 33.34% |
| 2017 | 16.56% | 26.5% | 47.67% | 42.27% | 25.27% | 32.47% |
| 2016 | 16.36% | 26.62% | 47.75% | 43.2% | 25.19% | 31.61% |
| 2015 | 16.17% | 27.35% | 47.78% | 44.28% | 24.95% | 30.77% |
| 2014 | 16.79% | 27.66% | 47.82% | 45.25% | 24.9% | 29.85% |
| 2013 | 17.15% | 28.4% | 46.7% | 46.24% | 24.75% | 29% |
| 2012 | 16.85% | 29.4% | 46.3% | 47.09% | 24.69% | 28.22% |
| 2011 | 17.19% | 30.16% | 45.44% | 49.08% | 23.55% | 27.38% |
| 2010 | 17.03% | 30.73% | 45.03% | 51.06% | 22.38% | 26.57% |
| 2009 | 16.74% | 31.12% | 45.98% | 51.94% | 21.56% | 26.49% |
| 2008 | 16.79% | 31.14% | 45.88% | 52.88% | 20.75% | 26.37% |
| 2007 | 16.75% | 30.9% | 44.01% | 53.37% | 20.32% | 26.31% |
| 2006 | 16.81% | 30.93% | 44.04% | 54.27% | 19.52% | 26.2% |
| 2005 | 17.62% | 29.53% | 44.44% | 55.02% | 19% | 25.98% |
| 2004 | 17.81% | 29.22% | 44.11% | 56% | 18.42% | 25.58% |
| 2003 | 19.59% | 27.47% | 44.7% | 57.16% | 17.69% | 25.14% |
| 2002 | 19.53% | 27.66% | 44.73% | 58.21% | 17.06% | 24.74% |
| 2001 | 21.62% | 26.49% | 43.81% | 58.89% | 16.75% | 24.36% |
| 2000 | 21.61% | 27.33% | 42.73% | 59.61% | 16.34% | 24.05% |
| 1999 | 22.97% | 26.52% | 41.97% | 59.88% | 16.31% | 23.81% |
| 1998 | 24.18% | 27.3% | 40.13% | 60.65% | 15.79% | 23.56% |
| 1997 | 24.25% | 27.84% | 39.08% | 61.16% | 15.47% | 23.37% |
| 1996 | 25.2% | 27.91% | 37.71% | 61.51% | 15.27% | 23.22% |
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Source: World Bank, India Dispatch Research
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India by the numbers, Employment and economic output by sector, 2025. 41.63%. Source: World Bank. https://data.indiadispatch.com/economy/employment-by-sector
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