°Change in sectors and industries
	Percentage of employees in the three economic sectors 1960–2006
	Agriculture and forestry	Industry	Services
1960	14.5	46.5	39.0
1961	13.4	47.8	38.8
1962	12.4	48.6	38.9
1963	11.6	48.8	39.6
1964	10.9	48.8	40.3
1965	10.5	48.4	41.1
1966	10.2	47.9	42.0
1967	10.0	47.2	42.7
1968	9.4	46.9	43.7
1969	8.9	46.6	44.5
1970	8.5	46.2	45.3
1971	8.2	46.0	45.8
1972	7.9	45.6	46.6
1973	7.5	45.0	47.4
1974	7.4	44.5	48.1
1975	7.6	40.5	52.0
1976	7.7	39.2	53.0
1977	7.5	38.9	53.6
1978	7.3	38.6	54.2
1979	7.1	38.2	54.7
1980	6.9	38.1	55.0
1981	6.6	37.9	55.6
1982	6.5	36.9	56.6
1983	6.4	36.0	57.6
1984	6.2	35.7	58.1
1985	6.0	35.6	58.4
1986	5.7	35.3	59.1
1987	5.3	34.4	60.3
1988	4.9	33.6	61.5
1989	4.5	33.0	62.5
1990	4.2	32.2	63.6
1991	4.3	30.2	65.6
1992	4.3	28.9	66.8
1993	4.5	28.0	67.5
1994	4.4	28.2	67.5
1995	4.4	28.6	66.9
1996	4.6	27.5	67.9
1997	4.7	26.2	69.2
1998	4.7	25.7	69.6
1999	4.8	25.4	69.8
2000	4.5	25.7	69.8
2001	4.2	25.6	70.2
2002	4.1	24.8	71.1
2003	4.1	23.8	72.1
2004	3.8	23.6	72.6
2005	3.8	23.7	72.5
2006	3.7	23.8	72.5
	Increase and decrease in employment in certain economic subsectors 1991–2006, in %
	Industry			Services
	Publishing/ printing trade, photocopying	Machine industry	Building industry	Real Estate, Rental, IT	Teaching	Health and social work
1991	1.8	3.4	8.6	8.4	5.3	8.2
1992	1.7	3.2	8.4	8.4	5.5	8.6
1993	1.6	3.0	8.1	8.6	5.7	9.0
1994	1.6	2.9	8.3	8.7	5.7	9.3
1995	1.7	2.9	8.5	8.8	5.6	9.5
1996	1.7	2.8	7.9	8.9	5.7	9.8
1997	1.6	2.8	7.4	9.4	6.0	10.2
1998	1.5	2.8	7.2	9.7	6.0	10.3
1999	1.4	2.7	7.1	10.1	6.1	10.4
2000	1.4	2.7	7.2	10.5	6.1	10.5
2001	1.3	2.7	7.2	11.1	6.1	10.5
2002	1.3	2.6	7.1	11.5	6.3	10.7
2003	1.2	2.4	6.9	11.6	6.6	11.1
2004	1.2	2.4	6.9	11.7	6.5	11.3
2005	1.2	2.4	7.0	11.8	6.5	11.6
2006	1.1	2.4	7.0	12.1	6.5	11.5
	Employees in industry and services in % by country
1950–2005 (CH from 1800)		Industry	Services		2005	Industry	Services
CH	1800	26.3	7.9		US	20.6	77.8
	1810	27.6	8.4		UK	22	76.3
	1820	28.8	8.9		SE	22	75.7
	1830	30.0	9.3		CH	22.8	73.2
	1840	31.3	9.7		FR	24.3	71.5
	1850	32.5	10.1		DE	29.7	67.8
	1860	35.6	12.0		ES	29.7	65
	1870	38.7	13.9
	1880	41.8	15.8
	1890	41.7	20.9
	1900	44.9	24.1
	1910	45.6	27.6
	1920	43.8	30.4
	1930	44.3	34.4
	1940	43.5	35.6
	1950	46.6	36.9
	1960	46.5	38.9
	1970	46.0	45.4
	1980	39.9	53.0
	1990	34.5	60.0
	1995	28.9	66.6
	2000	25.7	69.6
	2005	23.7	72.5
DE*	1950	54.4	37.3
	1955	57.1	37.6
	1960	49.1	36.9
	1965	49.5	39.4
	1975	45.4	47.6
	1980	44.3	50.3
	1985	40.9	54.3
	1990	40.0	56.4
	1995	35.9	60.9
	2000	33.1	64.2
	2005	29.7	67.9
UK*	1950	51.3	43.8
	1955	52.3	43.3
	1960	50.9	46.2
	1965	49.9	48.1
	1970	44.8	52.0
	1975	40.4	56.8
	1980	37.7	59.7
	1985	31.7	65.8
	1990	32.5	65.3
	1995	27.4	70.6
	2000	25.4	73.1
	2005	22.1	76.6
SE	1965	42.6	45.9
	1970	38.1	53.8
	1975	36.1	57.4
	1980	32.2	62.2
	1985	29.8	65.3
	1990	29.2	67.3
	1995	25.9	71.0
	2000	24.6	73.1
	2005	22.1	75.9
DE*: before 1991 only West Germany
UK*: without North-Ireland