Although employment cannot be taken as the sole indication of the importance of fisheries to the national economy, it is noteworthy that, in 1990, fishers represented more than 5percentt of the economically active population in the agricultural sector of 38 countries, in 15 of which the percentage was above 10percentt.
About a fifth of South Africa's arable land is used for agriculture, with approximately a tenth of the economically active population being employed in the agricultural sector.
Arbroath itself has an economically active population of 9,192 people, with the public sector (21.8%) the largest employer of Arbroath residents closely followed by the manufacturing (16%) and retail sector (15.4%).
Foreign labourers constitute about one-fourth of the economically active population in Switzerland, and without their presence many sectors of the economy (e.g., hotels, restaurants, and tourism) would grind to a halt.
These include farm workers, construction workers, miners and fishermen, especially those employed in the informal sector, which occupies about half of Nicaragua's economically active population.
Even the few who are employed in the formal sector, after attaining official retirement age, they continue to lead economically active lives (in trade, farming, animal husbandry, etc).
Although Saudi women are more economically active than often perceived internationally and opportunities for economic participation are increasing, the report 'Giving voice to women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia' confirms women remain vastly underrepresented in the vital entrepreneurial sector.
The bulk of the state's investment was channeled into the industrial sector, while agriculture, which occupied more than four-fifths of the economically active population, was forced to rely on its own meagre capital resources for a substantial part of its fund requirements.
Employment patterns have shifted in parallel fashion; only eightpercentt of the economically active population now works in agriculture, 24percentt in industry, and 68percentt in the service sector [ 32].
The value added in agriculture was only 15.7percentt of GDP and the sector provided work for 277 000 people, which is 38percentt of the economically active population.
