| 13-4 Rural Persons Engaged at Year-end | ||||||
| Persons engaged by sector in this table are classified by main economic activity. For example, those engaged primarily in agriculture and | ||||||
| secondarily in commerce are classified as the laborers under agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. | ||||||
| (10 000 persons) | ||||||
| Year | Agriculture, | Industry | Construction | |||
| Forestry, | Transport | Wholesale, | Other | |||
| Animal | Storage, Postal and | Retail Trades, | Nonagricultural | |||
| Husbandry | Communication | and Catering | Industries | |||
| and Fishery | Services | Services | ||||
| 1978 | 28455.6 | |||||
| 1980 | 29808.4 | 916.3 | ||||
| 1985 | 30351.5 | 2741.0 | 1130.1 | 434.1 | 462.6 | 1945.8 |
| 1990 | 33336.4 | 3228.7 | 1522.8 | 635.3 | 693.2 | 2593.1 |
| 1991 | 34186.3 | 3267.9 | 1533.8 | 655.0 | 722.8 | 2726.7 |
| 1992 | 34037.0 | 3468.2 | 1658.8 | 706.3 | 813.7 | 3117.6 |
| 1993 | 33258.2 | 3659.0 | 1886.8 | 799.9 | 948.8 | 3703.0 |
| 1994 | 32690.3 | 3849.5 | 2057.3 | 908.3 | 1084.3 | 4064.4 |
| 1995 | 32334.5 | 3970.7 | 2203.6 | 983.0 | 1170.4 | 4379.6 |
| 1996 | 32260.4 | 4018.5 | 2304.3 | 1027.6 | 1261.5 | 4415.7 |
| 1997 | 32677.9 | 4031.3 | 2373.7 | 1059.0 | 1386.8 | 4705.6 |
| 1998 | 32626.4 | 3928.6 | 2453.5 | 1087.9 | 1461.9 | 4874.0 |
| 1999 | 32911.8 | 3953.0 | 2531.9 | 1115.8 | 1584.6 | 4799.4 |
| 2000 | 32797.5 | 4108.6 | 2691.7 | 1170.6 | 1751.8 | 5441.9 |
| 2001 | 32451.0 | 4296.0 | 2797.4 | 1205.4 | 1864.5 | 5614.6 |
| 2002 | 31990.6 | 4505.6 | 2959.0 | 1259.1 | 1996.8 | 5815.8 |
| 2003 | 31259.6 | 4937.1 | 3201.1 | 1328.2 | 2059.2 | 6185.9 |
| 2004 | 30596.0 | 5438.9 | 3380.5 | 1475.9 | 2701.6 | 6102.4 |
| 2005 | 29975.5 | 6011.5 | 3653.2 | 1567.3 | 2937.7 | 6242.0 |
| a) Number of persons engaged of industry includes those working in enterprises at village and lower levels. | ||||||