Sector-wise Share in Employment

Retrieve employment distribution across economic sectors in Pakistan, showing the share of employment in agriculture, manufacturing, services, and other sectors.

GET/3.0/economy/employ-sector

Description

This endpoint retrieves sector-wise employment distribution across Pakistan's economic sectors including agriculture, manufacturing, construction, trade, transportation, financial services, and other sectors. Employment distribution by sector is essential for understanding structural economic transformation, industrial policy formulation, sectoral competitiveness analysis, and skills development planning. The data includes sector shares, absolute employment numbers, and temporal trends. This reveals Pakistan's economic evolution from agriculture-dependent to increasingly service-oriented economy. Data is sourced from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Labour Force Surveys.

Request

Authentication

Type: Bearer Token
Required: Yes

Parameters

This endpoint does not accept any query parameters.

Response

Success Response (200)

{
  "status": "ok",
  "message": "",
  "data": [
    {
      "year": "2025",
      "agriculture": 0.38,
      "industry": 0.22,
      "services": 0.40
    },
    {
      "year": "2024",
      "agriculture": 0.40,
      "industry": 0.21,
      "services": 0.39
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`period`	string	Year identifier (e.g., "2025")
`agriculture`	number	Share of employment in agriculture sector (percentage)
`industry`	number	Share of employment in industry sector (percentage)
`services`	number	Share of employment in services sector (percentage)

Error Responses

For detailed Common Error responses, see the Error Handling.

Examples

Get Latest Sectoral Employment

curl -X GET "https://csapis.com/3.0/economy/employ-sector" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

Use Cases

Sectoral Analysis: Understand employment distribution across sectors
Skills Planning: Design training programs for high-growth sectors
Structural Transformation: Track shifts from agriculture to services
Industrial Policy: Guide sector-specific employment initiatives
Gender Inclusion: Identify sectors with female employment opportunities
Economic Diversification: Assess economic sectoral balance
Regional Development: Plan sector-based regional development strategies

Description​

Request​

Authentication​

Parameters​

Response​

Success Response (200)​

Response Fields​

Error Responses​

Examples​

Get Latest Sectoral Employment​

Use Cases​