A somewhat different perspective is provided by a focus on employment shares in figure 3. Again, the share of employment in industry has roughly doubled since 1977, but it has a far less dominant role than implied by the output share, only 21 percent of total employment in 2003. There are also substantial employment gains in services, implying a drop in labor productivity relative to that in industry. Furthermore, agriculture has a far larger role in the economy when viewed from the employment perspective, but its secular decline is even more evident.