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Economic sectors and the big pattern

Economic sectors and the big pattern

Line graph showing sector shift over time with primary declining, secondary rising then falling, tertiary rising strongly, and quaternary rising later

Economic sectors group jobs by the type of work they do. Geographers usually divide them into primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors so we can track how an economy changes over time.

The growth and decline of different economic sectors has resulted in a range of impacts and possible resource issues Lesson

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Geography
  3. /The growth and decline of different economic sectors has resulted in a range of impacts and possible resource issues