Can anyone provide a list of the world's largest industries? (Please don't just guess or give your opinion, but give a credible source for your information. Thank you!)
Someone told me they are arms dealing, tourism and English as a Foreign Language teaching. I'm just wondering if this is true and what the rest are.
2006-11-21 16:15:47 · 12 answers · asked by duprie37 2 in Social Science ➔ Economics
1. Energy industry (oil & gas + electric generation)
2. Arms industry (weapon + jet + ship + tank)
3. Automobile industry (car + bike + truck)
4. Finance industry (bank + insurance)
5. Pharmaceutical industry (drug + health)
6. Electronic industry (semiconductor + microprocessor)
7. Drug industry (heroin + cocaine - not disclosed because illegal)
8. Sex industry (prostitution + porno - not disclosed because illegal)
2006-11-21 22:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Largest Industries In The World
2016-10-02 10:03:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RE:
What are the world's largest industries?
Can anyone provide a list of the world's largest industries? (Please don't just guess or give your opinion, but give a credible source for your information. Thank you!)
Someone told me they are arms dealing, tourism and English as a Foreign Language teaching. I'm just wondering if this...
2015-08-07 06:18:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Food is and have always been the largest Industry in the world.
2016-01-05 04:17:51 · answer #4 · answered by Donald 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to even menion it and you'd be surprised to know that it's actually escort services, be it illegally in countries where it's banned or in countries where it is legal. It is actually the largest industry in the world.
2016-03-19 04:28:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transportation - hence the Dept of Transportation.
Think if the world had no cars trucks, planes or boats.
There would be no shipment of goods anywhere but locally.
No Car builders, No boat builders, no plane builders, no commercial truck builders.
No malls, No gas stations (would not need them) No highways, back to 2 lane roads. (and horses and wagons)
In reality the world is now economical based on the fact that transportation will get goods from the seller to the buyer, grower to the buyer, etc. If say the oil (gas) ran dry tomorrow the major world economy would fail. There simply is not a viable plan to move goods without the current modes of transportation.
By the way "arms dealing" is peanuts, the major arms cost is held by countries not dealers, and Language teaching gobally is not that large either. Tourism is a large industry.
Carl
2006-11-21 16:27:36 · answer #6 · answered by Carl P 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The worlds industries are dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems
2006-11-21 19:19:08 · answer #7 · answered by vertigo4487 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Syncrude or Athabascar Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada are one of the largest.
2014-02-07 10:40:50 · answer #8 · answered by M.Stammberger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Banking due to the their economic role as well as the amount of assets they own, which i think are uncomparable by any other industries, not even energy or military.
2006-11-21 18:01:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tourism is one of them
2015-06-24 09:36:01 · answer #10 · answered by Tammy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋