Table 4

International comparison of China's production and employment structure

AgricultureIndustryService industry
GDP (per capita, USD)Proportion of output value (%)Employment rate (%)Proportion of output value (%)Employment rate (%)Proportion of output value (%0Employment rate (%)
China (2016) 82608.627.739.928.851.643.5
Low incomeLess than $90521.525.149.7
Middle income$906–$11,1159.8 35.535.519.754.832.7
Lower middle income$906–$3,59517.0 41.431.31851.624.7
Upper middle income$3,596 – $11,1157.6 17.536.7 25.155.7 57.3
High incomeNo less than $11,1161.3 3.926.1 25.870.7 70.1

Source(s): (1) The international data comes from the World Bank database. The data of the proportion of output value specified here is that of 2010 while that of the employment rate is that of 2002; (2) The Chinese data comes from China Statistical Yearbook (2017), and China's GDP (per capita) data comes from the World Bank database

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