MALDIVES, POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2006
TABLE EC 8 : EMPLOYED POPULATION BY INDUSTRY, OCCUPATION, SEX AND LOCALITY
Locality, sex and occupation	Total employed	Industry
		Agriculture and forestry	Fishing	Quarrying	Manufacturing	Electricity, gas and  water	Construction	Whole sale and retail trade	Hotels and restaurants	Transport, storage and communication	Financial intermediation	Real estate, renting and business activities	Public administration and defense	Education	Health and social work	Other community, social and personal services activities	Extra-territorial organizations and bodies	Not stated
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(19)	(20)
Republic
Both sexes	110,231	4,236	8,388	339	19,259	1,229	5,930	11,711	12,090	7,098	582	1,156	15,949	9,872	4,182	3,248	216	4,746
Legislators senior officials and managers	6,528	8	25	0	301	82	431	2,012	779	529	82	200	1,477	286	86	137	25	68
Professionals	9,603	0	9	0	76	55	67	320	357	310	46	117	1,005	4,639	1,604	965	16	17
Technicians and associate professionals	11,431	18	176	1	285	300	136	488	1,242	1,813	78	319	2,062	3,100	627	654	87	45
Clerks	8,905	2	9	2	237	158	143	1,440	1,404	779	302	172	2,833	691	455	169	42	67
Service workers, shop and market sales workers	13,207	51	17	1	231	7	61	6,006	3,451	405	12	75	2,384	32	346	100	6	22
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	12,302	4,097	7,621	7	261	0	9	31	156	28	0	1	67	7	4	4	0	9
Craft and related trades workers	25,329	37	243	319	17,044	106	4,633	804	1,067	336	0	77	471	42	75	43	6	26
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	5,921	2	280	5	533	366	58	175	1,488	2,254	17	46	461	17	148	57	7	7
Elementary occupations	10,129	18	8	4	286	154	392	431	2,137	640	44	142	2,809	1,056	836	1,117	24	31
Armed forces	2,337	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,337	0	0	0	0	0
Not stated	4,539	3	0	0	5	1	0	4	9	4	1	7	43	2	1	2	3	4,454
Male	69,701	1,512	8,233	311	6,750	1,074	5,736	7,419	10,578	6,179	254	873	11,697	2,744	1,343	2,142	139	2,717
Legislators senior officials and managers	5,597	6	25	0	255	70	413	1,748	684	452	45	174	1,272	218	61	98	13	63
Professionals	3,915	0	8	0	56	40	52	164	315	203	15	81	605	1,362	313	679	9	13
Technicians and associate professionals	6,897	17	173	1	243	270	107	386	1,201	1,616	48	245	1,285	599	124	493	57	32
Clerks	4,160	1	9	2	149	97	68	730	998	376	98	69	1,135	169	144	59	23	33
Service workers, shop and market sales workers	8,987	26	16	1	119	6	55	3,194	2,919	334	4	66	2,069	8	106	44	4	16
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	9,459	1,426	7,534	2	203	0	9	28	154	28	0	1	59	3	3	3	0	6
Craft and related trades workers	12,769	20	182	296	5,004	106	4,606	592	967	329	0	69	459	20	65	35	6	13
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	5,722	2	278	5	466	360	57	173	1,476	2,236	13	45	437	12	115	33	7	7
Elementary occupations	7,428	12	8	4	250	124	369	401	1,856	601	31	119	2,149	352	411	697	18	26
Armed forces	2,197	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,197	0	0	0	0	0
Not stated	2,570	2	0	0	5	1	0	3	8	4	0	4	30	1	1	1	2	2,508
Female	40,530	2,724	155	28	12,509	155	194	4,292	1,512	919	328	283	4,252	7,128	2,839	1,106	77	2,029
Legislators senior officials and managers	931	2	0	0	46	12	18	264	95	77	37	26	205	68	25	39	12	5
Professionals	5,688	0	1	0	20	15	15	156	42	107	31	36	400	3,277	1,291	286	7	4
Technicians and associate professionals	4,534	1	3	0	42	30	29	102	41	197	30	74	777	2,501	503	161	30	13
Clerks	4,745	1	0	0	88	61	75	710	406	403	204	103	1,698	522	311	110	19	34
Service workers, shop and market sales workers	4,220	25	1	0	112	1	6	2,812	532	71	8	9	315	24	240	56	2	6
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	2,843	2,671	87	5	58	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	8	4	1	1	0	3
Craft and related trades workers	12,560	17	61	23	12,040	0	27	212	100	7	0	8	12	22	10	8	0	13
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	199	0	2	0	67	6	1	2	12	18	4	1	24	5	33	24	0	0
Elementary occupations	2,701	6	0	0	36	30	23	30	281	39	13	23	660	704	425	420	6	5
Armed forces	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	0
Not stated	1,969	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	13	1	0	1	1	1,946
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Male'
Both sexes	38,971	72	614	7	3,325	506	1,659	6,464	2,393	4,569	461	996	9,808	3,402	1,284	1,470	144	1,797
Legislators senior officials and managers	4,428	7	12	0	229	48	366	1,426	404	486	66	191	838	96	61	114	23	61
Professionals	4,124	0	2	0	45	36	56	237	107	274	45	112	617	1,671	497	396	15	14
Technicians and associate professionals	6,013	3	57	0	123	139	108	433	318	1,124	73	286	1,737	819	241	457	63	32
Clerks	5,568	1	2	1	112	92	123	1,250	547	677	237	161	1,561	366	217	143	25	53
Service workers, shop and market sales workers	5,064	0	6	0	62	5	34	2,378	617	308	5	61	1,377	19	110	69	0	13
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	520	56	398	0	5	0	1	4	4	14	0	1	31	3	0	1	0	2
Craft and related trades workers	4,732	4	22	6	2,641	51	867	376	81	195	0	56	327	23	29	38	0	16
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	1,995	0	114	0	69	78	19	108	123	1,119	7	28	239	13	28	42	4	4
Elementary occupations	3,094	1	1	0	36	56	85	249	189	368	27	94	1,257	391	100	208	11	21
Armed forces	1,795	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,795	0	0	0	0	0
Not stated	1,638	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	3	4	1	6	29	1	1	2	3	1,581
Male	24,902	29	602	7	1,113	401	1,517	4,683	1,863	3,771	176	733	6,924	815	386	940	74	868
Legislators senior officials and managers	3,728	5	12	0	187	38	349	1,270	344	414	35	165	660	61	42	79	11	56
Professionals	1,726	0	1	0	27	22	43	136	76	173	14	77	353	388	110	287	8	11
Technicians and associate professionals	3,900	3	55	0	96	110	80	335	292	963	44	216	1,074	189	45	342	34	22
Clerks	2,181	0	2	1	49	51	53	649	270	313	59	66	482	64	45	48	8	21
Service workers, shop and market sales workers	3,774	0	6	0	30	5	31	1,587	515	251	4	54	1,205	8	44	23	0	11
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	470	20	395	0	4	0	1	3	4	14	0	1	25	0	0	1	0	2
Craft and related trades workers	2,628	1	18	6	633	51	859	358	65	189	0	49	318	13	27	32	0	9
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	1,914	0	112	0	55	75	19	106	118	1,104	3	27	232	11	23	21	4	4
Elementary occupations	2,159	0	1	0	29	48	82	236	177	346	17	74	889	81	49	106	7	17
Armed forces	1,667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,667	0	0	0	0	0
Not stated	755	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	2	4	0	4	19	0	1	1	2	715
Female	14,069	43	12	0	2,212	105	142	1,781	530	798	285	263	2,884	2,587	898	530	70	929
Legislators senior officials and managers	700	2	0	0	42	10	17	156	60	72	31	26	178	35	19	35	12	5
Professionals	2,398	0	1	0	18	14	13	101	31	101	31	35	264	1,283	387	109	7	3
Technicians and associate professionals	2,113	0	2	0	27	29	28	98	26	161	29	70	663	630	196	115	29	10
Clerks	3,387	1	0	0	63	41	70	601	277	364	178	95	1,079	302	172	95	17	32
Service workers, shop and market sales workers	1,290	0	0	0	32	0	3	791	102	57	1	7	172	11	66	46	0	2
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	50	36	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0
Craft and related trades workers	2,104	3	4	0	2,008	0	8	18	16	6	0	7	9	10	2	6	0	7
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	81	0	2	0	14	3	0	2	5	15	4	1	7	2	5	21	0	0
Elementary occupations	935	1	0	0	7	8	3	13	12	22	10	20	368	310	51	102	4	4
Armed forces	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	0
Not stated	883	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	10	1	0	1	1	866
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Atolls
Both sexes	71,260	4,164	7,774	332	15,934	723	4,271	5,247	9,697	2,529	121	160	6,141	6,470	2,898	1,778	72	2,949
Legislators senior officials and managers	2,100	1	13	0	72	34	65	586	375	43	16	9	639	190	25	23	2	7
Professionals	5,479	0	7	0	31	19	11	83	250	36	1	5	388	2,968	1,107	569	1	3
Technicians and associate professionals	5,418	15	119	1	162	161	28	55	924	689	5	33	325	2,281	386	197	24	13
Clerks	3,337	1	7	1	125	66	20	190	857	102	65	11	1,272	325	238	26	17	14
Service workers, shop and market sales workers	8,143	51	11	1	169	2	27	3,628	2,834	97	7	14	1,007	13	236	31	6	9
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	11,782	4,041	7,223	7	256	0	8	27	152	14	0	0	36	4	4	3	0	7
Craft and related trades workers	20,597	33	221	313	14,403	55	3,766	428	986	141	0	21	144	19	46	5	6	10
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	3,926	2	166	5	464	288	39	67	1,365	1,135	10	18	222	4	120	15	3	3
Elementary occupations	7,035	17	7	4	250	98	307	182	1,948	272	17	48	1,552	665	736	909	13	10
Armed forces	542	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	542	0	0	0	0	0
Not stated	2,901	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	2,873
Male	44,799	1,483	7,631	304	5,637	673	4,219	2,736	8,715	2,408	78	140	4,773	1,929	957	1,202	65	1,849
Legislators senior officials and managers	1,869	1	13	0	68	32	64	478	340	38	10	9	612	157	19	19	2	7
Professionals	2,189	0	7	0	29	18	9	28	239	30	1	4	252	974	203	392	1	2
Technicians and associate professionals	2,997	14	118	1	147	160	27	51	909	653	4	29	211	410	79	151	23	10
Clerks	1,979	1	7	1	100	46	15	81	728	63	39	3	653	105	99	11	15	12
Service workers, shop and market sales workers	5,213	26	10	1	89	1	24	1,607	2,404	83	0	12	864	0	62	21	4	5
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	8,989	1,406	7,139	2	199	0	8	25	150	14	0	0	34	3	3	2	0	4
Craft and related trades workers	10,141	19	164	290	4,371	55	3,747	234	902	140	0	20	141	7	38	3	6	4
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	3,808	2	166	5	411	285	38	67	1,358	1,132	10	18	205	1	92	12	3	3
Elementary occupations	5,269	12	7	4	221	76	287	165	1,679	255	14	45	1,260	271	362	591	11	9
Armed forces	530	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	530	0	0	0	0	0
Not stated	1,815	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1,793
Female	26,461	2,681	143	28	10,297	50	52	2,511	982	121	43	20	1,368	4,541	1,941	576	7	1,100
Legislators senior officials and managers	231	0	0	0	4	2	1	108	35	5	6	0	27	33	6	4	0	0
Professionals	3,290	0	0	0	2	1	2	55	11	6	0	1	136	1,994	904	177	0	1
Technicians and associate professionals	2,421	1	1	0	15	1	1	4	15	36	1	4	114	1,871	307	46	1	3
Clerks	1,358	0	0	0	25	20	5	109	129	39	26	8	619	220	139	15	2	2
Service workers, shop and market sales workers	2,930	25	1	0	80	1	3	2,021	430	14	7	2	143	13	174	10	2	4
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers	2,793	2,635	84	5	57	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	3
Craft and related trades workers	10,456	14	57	23	10,032	0	19	194	84	1	0	1	3	12	8	2	0	6
Plant and machine operators and assemblers	118	0	0	0	53	3	1	0	7	3	0	0	17	3	28	3	0	0
Elementary occupations	1,766	5	0	0	29	22	20	17	269	17	3	3	292	394	374	318	2	1
Armed forces	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
Not stated	1,086	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1,080
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