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The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. [1] [2] [3]
The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries. For example, in 2018, agriculture, forestry, and fishing comprised more than 15% of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa [4] but less than 1% of GDP in North America. [5]
In developed countries the primary sector has become more technologically advanced, enabling for example the mechanization of farming, as compared with lower-tech methods [lower-alpha 1] in poorer countries. [6] More developed economies may invest additional capital in primary means of production: for example, in the United States corn belt, combine harvesters pick the corn, and sprayers spray large amounts of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, producing a higher yield than is possible using less capital-intensive techniques. These technological advances and investment allow the primary sector to employ a smaller workforce, so developed countries tend to have a smaller percentage of their workforce involved in primary activities, instead having a higher percentage involved in the secondary and tertiary sectors. [7]
Economy | Countries by agricultural output (in PPP terms) at peak level as of 2018 (billions in USD) | ||||||||
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(01) China | 2,101 | ||||||||
(02) India | 1,400 | ||||||||
(03) Indonesia | 486 | ||||||||
(—) European Union | 352 | ||||||||
(04) Pakistan | 284 | ||||||||
(05) Nigeria | 253 | ||||||||
(06) Brazil | 209 | ||||||||
(07) Russia | 196 | ||||||||
(08) United States | 185 | ||||||||
(09) Iran | 162 | ||||||||
(10) Turkey | 155 | ||||||||
(11) Egypt | 154 | ||||||||
(12) Thailand | 109 | ||||||||
(13) Vietnam | 108 | ||||||||
(14) Bangladesh | 108 | ||||||||
(15) Argentina | 101 | ||||||||
(16) Mexico | 100 | ||||||||
(17) Philippines | 92 | ||||||||
(18) Myanmar | 89 | ||||||||
(19) Algeria | 87 | ||||||||
(20) Malaysia | 84 | ||||||||
The twenty largest countries by agricultural output (in PPP terms) at peak level as of 2018, according to the IMF and CIA World Factbook. |
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction.
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