Practice question · Estimate
In today’s rich economies, set the slider to the rough share of employment in services: and note why that share keeps rising even as manufacturing output grows.
Estimate on a scale from 0% (0) to 100% (100).
Hints
- Industry keeps under a fifth; agriculture a sliver.
- Roughly three workers in four.
Show the answer
75 (answers within ±5 count)
Why
About 75%: three of every four workers. Agriculture, once the near-universal occupation, employs under 5%. The pyramid of 1850 has been inverted in six generations.
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