1. SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY

2. Primary Sector  This sector involves extracting raw materials from the earth.

3. Mining and Quarrying  Examples include raw materials such as coal, iron ore, diamonds and gold.

4. Fishing  Catching fish and shellfish using various techniques.

5. Forestry  This involves managing of forests to provide wood as a raw material.

6. Agriculture  This is the most important sector for most countries.  It includes everythying from meat to vegetables, cotton to silk, biofuels to pharmaceuticals.

7. Secondary Sector  This sector involves converting raw materials into finished or semi-finished goods.

8. Tertiary Sector This sector involves the provision of services in the economy.

9. Tertiary Sector  This includes professional and legal services such as accountants, lawyers, doctors, bankers and insurance companies.

10. Tertiary Sector  This includes transportation and commercial services such as trains, airplanes, freight delivery and printing.

11. Tertiary Sector  This includes household services such as plumbing, gardening and house cleaning.

12. De-industrialisation  The number of people employed in each sector changes over time.  De-industrialisation is the decline in manufacturing.

13. De-industrialisation  Why does this happen?  Changes in consumer demand.  Manufacturing has moved to developing countries.  As countries become more developed the public sector tends to grow.  Advances in technology.

14. Developed countries  In most developed countries the primary sector is not as big as the secondary and tertiary sector.

15. Undeveloped countries  In undeveloped countries there is less development in the secondary and tertiary sector.

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