Industry

Changes in the structural composition of the workforce often reflect the course of social and economic development. As a country progresses through industrialization, the proportion of workers in agriculture decreases while those in manufacturing and services sectors increase. By extension, the more urbanized a district is, the smaller the proportion of its workforce in agricultural, forestry and fishing industry. About a third (33.4%) of the workforce are engaged in the agricultural, forestry and fishing industry, wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles employs 16.1 percent with manufacturing, mining and quarrying employing 
a little above 11 percent.

With the sex distribution, 39.4 percent of males are engaged in agricultural, forestry and fishing industry as compared to 27.2 percent of females, whereas in the wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, accommodation and food service activities it is female dominated. The more physically intensive industries such as construction, mining and quarrying, transportation and storage are male dominated.