The document describes the five main economic sectors: primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, and quinary. The primary sector involves extracting raw materials from the earth. The secondary sector transforms raw materials into finished goods through manufacturing and construction. The tertiary sector provides services to individuals and businesses. The quaternary sector involves knowledge-based and intellectual activities like education, research, and information technology. Finally, the quinary sector involves complex decision-making and management at the highest levels of government, science, and culture.

1. Economic Sectors
Ms. Patten 2014

2. Primary Economic Activities
 extracts or harvests products from the earth
 includes the production of raw material and
basic foods
 Hunting and gathering
 Farming, livestock herding, fishing
 Forestry, lumbering, mining
 Extractive sector

3. Secondary Economic Activities
 manufactures finished goods
 manufacturing, processing, and construction
lies within the secondary sector
 converting raw materials (primary products)
into intermediate or finished products
 metal working and smelting, automobile production, textile
production, chemical and engineering industries, aerospace
manufacturing, energy utilities, engineering, breweries and
bottlers, construction, and shipbuilding
 Manufacturing and production

4. Tertiary Economic Activities
 service industry
 provides services to the general
population and to businesses
 retail and wholesale sales, transportation
and distribution, entertainment (movies,
television, radio, music, theater, etc.),
restaurants, clerical services, media,
tourism, insurance, banking, healthcare,
and law
 Offices, banks, hospitals, shops
 Facilitate commerce and trade

5. Quaternary Economic Activities
 intellectual activities
 government, culture, libraries, scientific research,
education, and information technology
 Collection and processing and manipulation of
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information and capital
Finance, administration, insurance, legal services,
computer services
Requires high levels of specialized knowledge or
technical skills
White collar professionals
Knowledge sector

6. Quinary Economic Activities
 the highest levels of decision making in a
society or economy
 top executives or officials in such fields as
government, science, universities,
nonprofit, healthcare, culture, and the
media.
 Activities involving complex decision making
and advancement of human capacities
 Scientific research, high level management,
government officials
 Gold collar

7.  Luxembourg: $84,700
 primary .4%, secondary 13.6%, tertiary 86%
 United States: $48,100
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primary .7, secondary 20.3, tertiary 79%
 Switzerland: $43,400
 primary 1.2%, secondary 27.5%, tertiary 71.3%
 Brazil: $11,600
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primary 5.8%, secondary 26.9%, tertiary 67.3%,
 China: $8,400
 primary 9.6%, secondary 47.1%, tertiary 43.3%
 Liberia: $400
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primary 76.9%, secondary 5.4%, tertiary 17.7%

8. New Brunswick, Canada

9. The UK

10. Brazil

11. Ghana