Sectors of the economy
EMS GRADE 9
PG. 119 - 124
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We will learn about
Entrepreneurship
The primary sector
The secondary sector
The tertiary sector
Types of businesses found in the there sectors
The interrelationship of the tree sectors
Sustainable use of resources in the tree sectors
The role of the tree sectors in the economy
Types of skills required in each sector.
Primary sector
• The economic sector in which businesses use
land and natural resources as raw materials.
• It’s the first layer of the economy.
• Some form are next slide:
Fishing
Farming
Forestry
Mining
Extracting oil and gas
Packing and processing raw
materials
Hunting and gathering
Primary-sector businesses
• Farming and mining are most important to a
country.
• They are a major part of the economies of
developing countries that are not industrialised.
Secondary sector
• In which people use raw materials from primary sector to process or
manufacture things people can use.
• Businesses in the secondary sector are usually just outside the towns.
• This is the second layer of the economy.
• Businesses use raw materials from primary sector to process or manufacture
things that people can use.
• These are mainly industries
• Some types of businesses on next slides.
Food and drink factories
Textile factories
Clothing manufacturers
Bottling plants
Chemical plants
Construction
Car factories
Tertiary sector
• The economic sector in which businesses offer service to public.
• Form the third layer of the economy.
• They include retail businesses such as department stores(Edgars, Jet and
Ackerman's)
• Electronic stores (Hi-Fi Corporation, Game and Dion)
• Small businesses are guest houses, hair salons, tour guide businesses and
individual doctors.
• Some types of businesses next slides:
Schools for education services
Hospitals for healthcare services
Banks for money management
services
Law firms and courts for legal
services
Restaurants for food and drinks
Tourism for entertainment services
Transportation services
Media service
Activity 5
The interrelationship
between the three sectors
• Primary sells raw
materials to secondary
sector.
• Sells raw materials like
apples to tertiary to sell
fresh
Primary
Secondary
• Buy raw materials from
primary sector to
manufactory.
• Sell manufactured/
finished goods to
tertiary sector to sell.
• Sell machinery to
primary and secondary
sector to use to
manufacture or extract
materials.
Tertiary