China: migrant workers by economic sector 2021

In 2021, around 48.6 percent of migrant workers in China were employed in the secondary sector of economy, while 50.9 percent worked in the tertiary sector. The share of migrant workers employed in the services sector has generally increased over the years.

Share of migrant workers employed in the three sectors of economy in China from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Agriculture	Industry	Services
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Release date

April 2022

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Region

China

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The data have been collected through a survey which covered around 226,000 rural workers from 31 provinces, 1,587 districts and 8,488 villages.

Migrant laborers are defined as workers that are still registered as rural permanent residents, but have left their place of origin for more than six months in order to find work in another place. They either stay in the same province or move to another province in search of work.

Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.

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