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economic sector

conceptual grouping of economic activities
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economic sector
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Economic sector is a classification scheme.[1]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: economic concept[3]
  • Subclass of: conceptual system[4]
  • Part of: economy[5]
  • Commons category: Economic sectors[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Economic sectors[7], Category:Activity area[8]
  • Topic has template: Template:Economic sectors[9]
  • Used by: Q139970117[10]
  • Main Wikidata property: P452[11]
  • Different from: industry[12]
  • Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[13]
  • Contains: business sector[14]

Why It Matters

economic sector has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 40
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', '
    Contains → business sector
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains: business sector"
  2. 12w ago · Circeus · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → Q139970117
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Used by: Q139970117"
  3. 19w ago · Chalmd · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Disjoint union of → list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers
    Part of → economy
    Local thumb → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bbc things id: e95462f4-0a35-4a8f-83b1-2baf4a03895a, Adding BBC Things ID"
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