This document outlines and defines the three main economic sectors: primary, secondary, and tertiary. The primary sector involves extracting raw materials directly from nature through activities like agriculture, fishing, mining, and forestry. The secondary sector transforms raw materials into finished goods through manufacturing in areas like food processing, construction, textiles, and metalworking. The tertiary sector provides services rather than producing physical goods, including fields like healthcare, education, transportation, tourism, and public services.

2. ECONOMIC
SECTORS
PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY

3. PRIMARY SECTOR
PRIMARY
SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
STOCKBREEDING
FISHINGMINING
SILVICULTURE
They get raw materials directly from nature:
plants, animals and minerals.
.
They get wood from
forests (forestry)
They get minerals from
Earth like oil, gas, metals,
rocks,…
They grow plants on farms to get
fruit and vegetables and natural
fibers like cotton.
They raise cattle (animals)
to get food (meat, eggs,
milk) and animal fibers like
wool.
They catch fish and seafood
from the sea or river.

4. SECONDARY SECTOR
SECONDARY
SECTOR
FOOD
INDUSTRY
CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY
TEXTILE
INDUSTRY
ELECTRONICS
INDUSTRY
CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY
METAL
INDUSTRY
They transform raw materials from the Primary Sector into finished or
manufactured products. They do it in factories.
They transform natural
fibers into fabrics and
clothes.
They transform metals
into parts of cars,
planes, trains,…
They transform minerals
into materials to build
houses, buildings,
bridges,…
They transform plants and
animals into food and drinks.
They transform minerals
and plants into products like
plastic, detergents, paints,
pills,…
They transform metals into
computers, phones, TVs,…

5. TERTIARY SECTOR
TERTIARY
SECTOR
HEALTH
EDUCATION
SALES
ADMINISTRATION
GASTRONOMY
TOURISM
FASHION
PUBLIC
SERVICES
TRANSPORT
They do not produce any products, but they
provide services to all of us.
Doctor, dentist,
nurse,…
Teacher, professor, educator,…
Bus driver, pilot,…
Chef, waiter, cook,…
Shop assistant, fishmonger,
butcher,…
Secretary, office worker,…
Hotel receptionist, tour guide,…
Dressmaker, hairdresser,
designer…
Police, firefighter,…
…

6. PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION
PRIMARY SECTOR
SECONDARY
SECTOR
TERTIARY
SECTOR
MEANS OF
TRANSPORT
Finished products need to get to the shops, so people can buy them.
This is called distribution. They are distributed by means of transport like
lorries, planes, cargo ships and cargo trains.

7. SECONDARY
SECTOR
FOOD
INDUSTRY
They transform
the cocoa plant
into chocolate
bars.

8. Oompa Loompas
work in Willy
Wonka’s
chocolate factory!
So that, they work
in the Secondary
Sector!