Eastern Europe: employment composition by sector 1950

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In 1950, the agriculture and forestry sector employed the largest amount of people in every country in Eastern Europe, except for East Germany. The industrial sector would eventually emerge as the largest contributor to the economy by the late 1960s, though agriculture would remain the largest employment sector in most countries.

Employment composition of Eastern European countries by sector in 1950

Characteristic	Agriculture and forestry	Industry and handicraft*	Trade	Construction	Transport and communication	Other services**
Bulgaria	82.1%	7.9%	2.2%	2%	1.5%	4.3%
Czechoslovakia	36.9%	27.9%	8%	6%	4.9%	16.3%
East Germany	22.9%	39.7%	10.7%	5.8%	7%	13.8%
Hungary	49.8%	19.7%	4.8%	5.3%	4.2%	16.2%
Poland	53.5%	20.7%	6%	5.1%	4.7%	10%
Romania	74.3%	12%	2.5%	2.2%	2.2%	6.8%
Soviet Union	46%	22%	-	4%	7%	21%
Yugoslavia	78.3%	9.3%	2.3%	3.2%	2%	4.9%

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Release date

December 1993

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Region

Germany, Russia, CEE

Survey time period

1950

Supplementary notes

Figures may not total 100 due to rounding.
*Figure for Bulgaria from 1948. Figure for East Germany from 1952.
**Figure for Soviet Union includes trade.

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