2021 Economics WAEC (WASSCE) Theory Past Questions (Paper 2)

Table 1 below shows the distribution of the population of a country in various occupations.

Study it and answer the questions that follow.

Table 1

(a)   Calculate the size of the entire labour force in the country.

(b)  What percentage of the labour force is engaged in the:

(i)  Primary sector;

(ii)  Secondary sector;

(iii)  Tertiary sector?

(c)   Calculate the ratio of the workers in mining to the workers in shoe production.

(d)   Calculate the percentage of the people engaged in warehousing.

(e)   (i) Identify the type of economy depicted in