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Enum: EconomicSectorEnum

Broad economic sector classifications

URI: valuesets:EconomicSectorEnum

Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description Activities Characteristics Development Stage Employment Growth Output Scope Value Added
PRIMARY_SECTOR Primary Sector Economic activities extracting natural resources agriculture, mining, forestry, fishing dominant in early economic development typically lower employment share in developed economies raw materials and natural resources
SECONDARY_SECTOR Secondary Sector Economic activities manufacturing and processing goods manufacturing, construction, utilities historically significant in industrial economies processed and manufactured goods transforms raw materials into finished products
TERTIARY_SECTOR Tertiary Sector Economic activities providing services retail, hospitality, transportation, finance, healthcare dominant employment sector largest and fastest growing sector in developed economies services to consumers and businesses
QUATERNARY_SECTOR Quaternary Sector Knowledge-based economic activities research, education, information technology, consulting high skill and education requirements rapidly growing in knowledge economies knowledge, information, and intellectual services
QUINARY_SECTOR Quinary Sector High-level decision-making and policy services top-level government, healthcare, education, culture elite services and leadership roles highest level services and decision-making limited to highest level activities

Slots

Name Description
economic_sector Broad economic sector classification

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: EconomicSectorEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Broad economic sector classifications
title: Economic Sector
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  PRIMARY_SECTOR:
    text: PRIMARY_SECTOR
    description: Economic activities extracting natural resources
    annotations:
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: agriculture, mining, forestry, fishing
      output:
        tag: output
        value: raw materials and natural resources
      employment:
        tag: employment
        value: typically lower employment share in developed economies
      development_stage:
        tag: development_stage
        value: dominant in early economic development
    title: Primary Sector
  SECONDARY_SECTOR:
    text: SECONDARY_SECTOR
    description: Economic activities manufacturing and processing goods
    annotations:
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: manufacturing, construction, utilities
      output:
        tag: output
        value: processed and manufactured goods
      value_added:
        tag: value_added
        value: transforms raw materials into finished products
      employment:
        tag: employment
        value: historically significant in industrial economies
    title: Secondary Sector
  TERTIARY_SECTOR:
    text: TERTIARY_SECTOR
    description: Economic activities providing services
    annotations:
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: retail, hospitality, transportation, finance, healthcare
      output:
        tag: output
        value: services to consumers and businesses
      growth:
        tag: growth
        value: largest and fastest growing sector in developed economies
      employment:
        tag: employment
        value: dominant employment sector
    title: Tertiary Sector
  QUATERNARY_SECTOR:
    text: QUATERNARY_SECTOR
    description: Knowledge-based economic activities
    annotations:
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: research, education, information technology, consulting
      output:
        tag: output
        value: knowledge, information, and intellectual services
      characteristics:
        tag: characteristics
        value: high skill and education requirements
      growth:
        tag: growth
        value: rapidly growing in knowledge economies
    title: Quaternary Sector
  QUINARY_SECTOR:
    text: QUINARY_SECTOR
    description: High-level decision-making and policy services
    annotations:
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: top-level government, healthcare, education, culture
      output:
        tag: output
        value: highest level services and decision-making
      characteristics:
        tag: characteristics
        value: elite services and leadership roles
      scope:
        tag: scope
        value: limited to highest level activities
    title: Quinary Sector