06 February 2010

Degree of Industrialisation: India and Other Countries

How do we measure to what extent a country is industrialised? There is no economic indicator called "degree of industrialisation". A rough substitute would be the percentage of the population that is employed in the industry and services sectors (as against agriculture). Taking this as a measure, here are some countries and their "degree of industrialisation":

Country
Degree of Industrialisation
India
48%
China
60%
America
99%
Britain
98%
Germany
97%
France
96%
Japan
95%
Russia
90%
Brazil
80%
Indonesia
57%

Data from CIA's "The World Factbook".

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