<p>Several countries have it defined in their tax code, or by the national statistics institute, or the central bank. Stock exchhanges also define industry categories.</p>

<p>For general purposes or international comparisons you can use the categories defined by the <a href="http://projects.worldbank.org/sector" rel="nofollow noreferrer">world bank</a> <a href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/PROJECTS/Resources/WBsectors_eff_OCT03.doc" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(see also in word version)</a>, or from the <a href="https://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/seriesm/seriesm_4rev4e.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">United Nations</a>.</p>

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<p>I wanted to know what industries are there from an economics point of view, and how each industry branches into different parts. Just categories and names will do , or if you can point to a resource please do. </p>

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For which region or country in the world?
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what are the categorization by industry in economics?
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# what are the categorization by industry in economics?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-04)

I wanted to know what industries are there from an economics point of view, and how each industry branches into different parts. Just categories and names will do , or if you can point to a resource please do.

**Tags:** macroeconomics, financial-economics, soft-question

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> **username_1**: For which region or country in the world?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-06. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Several countries have it defined in their tax code, or by the national statistics institute, or the central bank. Stock exchhanges also define industry categories.

For general purposes or international comparisons you can use the categories defined by the [world bank](http://projects.worldbank.org/sector) [(see also in word version)](http://siteresources.worldbank.org/PROJECTS/Resources/WBsectors_eff_OCT03.doc), or from the [United Nations](https://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/seriesm/seriesm_4rev4e.pdf).


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