Employment by economic sector, United States, 1840 to 2015

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Charts

• Access to electricity vs. GDP per capita
• Adjusted net saving (current US dollars)
• Adjusted net savings per capita
• Annual GDP growthIMF
• Annual GDP growthWorld Bank
• Annual average growth of trade vs. GDP per capita
• Annual broad money growth
• Annual growth of GDP per capitaWorld Bank
• Annual growth of GDP per employed person
• Annual growth of exports of goods and services
• Annual growth of general government final consumption expenditure
• Annual growth of imports of goods and services
• Annual growth of the gross capital formation
• Annual working hours per person employed
• Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita
• Annual working hours vs. GDP per capitaPenn World Table
• Antidepressant drug consumption per 1,000 people vs. GDP per capita
• Augmented Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita
• Automated teller machines (ATMs)
• Average hourly earnings of employees
• Bank capital to total assets ratio
• Broad money to total reserves ratio
• CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
• Capital intensity
• Capital intensity vs. labor productivity
• Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
• Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita
• Consumer price index
• Contribution to value added vs. share of CO₂ emissions in China
• Contribution to value added vs. share of CO₂ emissions in Germany
• Contribution to value added vs. share of CO₂ emissions in USA
• Countries by income classification
• Countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks in support of the SDGs
• Countries using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
• Countries with a signed bilateral investment treaty
• Country-level estimates of negative reciprocity
• Country-level estimates of risk taking
• Current account balance as a share of GDP
• Decadal average: Economic damages from disasters as a share of GDP
• Distribution of gross domestic product by economic sector
• Domestic material consumption per capita
• Domestic material consumption per gross domestic product
• Economic complexity rank vs. GDP per capita
• Economic damages from disasters as a share of GDP
• Economic decline in the second quarter of 2020
• Economic decline in the second quarter of 2020 vs. confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people
• Economic decline in the second quarter of 2020 vs. total confirmed COVID-19 deaths (as of August 2020)
• Energy use per person vs. GDP per capita
• England's economy over the long run: GDP per capita vs. population
• England's economy over the long run: GDP vs. population
• Existence of a national strategy for youth employment
• Exposure to PM2.5 air pollution vs. GDP per capita
• External debt as a share of gross national income
• Financial soundness indicators
• GDP per capitaPenn World Table, constant international-$
• GDP per capitaWorld Bank, constant international-$
• GDP per capitaWorld Bank, constant US$
• GDP per capitaMaddison Project Database, constant international-$
• GDP per capita in EnglandBroadberry et al., since 1270
• GDP per capita in international and market dollars
• GDP per capita: Comparing data from World Bank and Maddison Project Database
• GDP per capita: Comparing data from World Bank and Penn World Table
• GDP per employed person
• GDP per head vs. share of services in employment
• GNI per capita vs. GDP per capita
• Gap in GDP per hour worked with respect to the United States
• Genuine saving per capita and GDP per capita
• Genuine savings per capita
• Gini Index around 2015 vs. Gini Index around 2000
• Gini index of consumption in 2015 vs. 1990Income only
• Gini index of income in 2015 vs. 1990Inc. non-survey years
• Gini index of income in 2015 vs. 1990Survey years only
• Global GDP over the long run
• Global average GDP per capita over the long run
• Global inequality between world citizens and its components
• Globalization over 5 centuries5 sources
• Government expenditure vs. GDP
• Government spending as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Gross domestic product (GDP)Penn World Table, constant international-$
• Gross domestic product (GDP)World Bank, constant US$
• Gross domestic product (GDP)Fouquin and Hugot, current GBP
• Gross domestic product (GDP)World Bank, constant international-$
• Gross domestic product (GDP)Maddison Project Database, constant international-$
• Gross domestic product (GDP) by world regionMaddison Project Database, constant international-$
• Gross domestic product (GDP) in EnglandBroadberry et al., since 1270
• Gross national income (GNI) per capitaWorld Bank
• Gross national income (GNI) per capitaUNDP
• Gross public sector debt as a share of gross domestic product
• Hidden Hunger Index vs. GDP per capita
• Higher labor productivity and price levels in richer and poorer countries
• Historical national accounts estimates of the distribution of people living at different income thresholds globally
• Historical national accounts estimates of the share of people living below $5 a day
• How have things changed?
• Human Capital Index vs. GDP per capita
• Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita
• Income or consumption of the poorest 10% vs. GDP per capita
• Industry as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Industry as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Inequality in 1990 vs. 2015
• Inflation of consumer prices
• Labor force participation rate of men aged 65+ in the United States
• Labor productivity and capital intensity
• Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP)
• Life expectancy vs. GDP per capitaMaddison, historical
• Loan from a financial institution, poorest 40% vs. richest 60%
• Material footprint per gross domestic product
• Mean income or consumption per day2011 Int-$
• Mean income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita
• Mean income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita2011 PPPs
• Mean income or consumption per day: 2011 vs. 2017 international-$
• Mean vs. median income or consumptionWorld Bank
• Mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
• Median income (after tax)LIS
• Median income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita
• Median income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita2011 PPPs
• Medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. GDP per capita
• Net portfolio investment
• Nominal wages, consumer prices and real wages
• Oil rents as a share of GDP
• Output of key industrial sectors in the United KingdomBroadberry et al.
• Output of key industries in the United KingdomBroadberry et al., more industries
• Output of key service and industrial sectors in the United Kingdom
• PPP conversion factor for private consumption
• Per capita electricity generation vs. GDP per capita
• Population by income classification
• Price level relative to the US vs. GDP per capita
• Price per kilogram of gold
• Productivity per hour of work in the UK
• Productivity vs. GDP per capita
• Productivity: output per hour worked
• Rank in the Economic Complexity Index
• Reconstruction of historical global extreme poverty rates
• Reconstruction of historical poverty trends by country
• Revenue from corporate income taxes as a share of GDP
• Road incident death rate vs. GDP per capita
• Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita
• Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds2011 PPPs
• Share of adults borrowing from a financial institution vs. family or friends
• Share of adults borrowing from a private informal lender
• Share of adults borrowing from different sources
• Share of adults who report saving money in the past year
• Share of adults with an account at a financial institution
• Share of employment in agriculture, industry, and services
• Share of firms for which access to finance is a major constraint
• Share of global merchandise exports
• Share of government consumption in GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Share of household consumption in GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Share of industry in GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Share of industry in GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Share of industry in employment vs. GDP per capita
• Share of manufacturing in gross domestic product (GDP)
• Share of medium and high-tech manufacturing in gross domestic product
• Share of one-person households vs. GDP per capita
• Share of people who report having intentions to start business
• Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita
• Share of services as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Share of services as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Share of small-scale industries with a loan or line of credit
• Share of small-scale industries with a loan or line of credit
• Share of small-scale manufacturing in total manufacturing
• Share of small-scale manufacturing in total manufacturing
• Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita
• Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of gross domestic product
• Tax revenues as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Time required to start a business
• Total GDP vs. GDP per capita
• Total factor productivity
• Total market capitalization of listed domestic companies as a share of GDP
• Total reserves in months of imports
• Total wealth by asset group
• Total wealth per capita, by income groups
• Unemployment rateILO
• Unemployment rateIMF
• Unemployment rate in people with vs. without disability
• Use of interpolation and extrapolation on Maddison GDP per capita data
• Value added growth vs. CO₂ emissions growth in China
• Value added growth vs. CO₂ emissions growth in Germany
• Value added growth vs. CO₂ emissions growth in the USA
• Various measures of national saving/investment (per capita, in international dollars)
• Various measures of national saving/investment compared to GDP per capita
• Vegetable supply per person vs. GDP per capita
• Wage of craftsmen relative to that of laborers in England
• Wealth per capita by asset group
• World Bank income groups