Rural Labor Force by Sector (year-end)
Unit: 10 000 persons
Year	Farming, Forestry, Animal Hus- bandry and Fishery	Industry	Construction	Transportation and Storage	Wholesale, Retail Sale and Catering Trades	Other Non- agricultural Trades
1978	28455.6
1980	29808.4
1985	30351.5	2741.0	1130.1	434.1	462.6	1945.8
1987	30870.0	3297.2	1431.3	562.5	606.9	2232.5
1988	31455.7	3412.8	1525.5	607.3	657.1	2408.3
1989	32440.5	3255.6	1501.8	614.2	652.4	2474.3
1990	33336.4	3228.7	1522.8	635.3	693.2	2593.1
1991	34186.3	3267.9	1533.8	655.0	722.8	2726.7
1992	34037.0	3468.2	1658.8	706.3	813.7	3117.6
1993	33258.2	3659.0	1886.8	799.9	948.8	3703.1
1994	32690.3	3849.5	2057.3	908.3	1084.3	4064.5
1995	32334.5	3970.7	2203.6	983.0	1170.4	4379.7
1996	32260.4	4018.5	2304.3	1027.6	1261.5	4415.7
1997	32434.9	4031.3	2372.7	1057.8	1381.5	4683.9
1998	32626.4	3928.6	2453.5	1087.9	1461.9	4874.0
1999	32911.8	3953.0	2531.9	1115.8	1584.6	4799.3
2000	32797.5	4108.6	2691.7	1170.6	1751.8	5441.9
2001	32451.0	4296.0	2797.4	1205.4	1864.5	5615.6
2002	31991.0	4506.0	2959.0	1259.0	1997.0	5816.0
The number of laborers by sector in this table is classified by main activity. For example, those engaged primarily in agriculture and secondarily in commerce are classified under farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.