What is sectoral composition of an economy?Is it necessary that the service sector should
contribute maximum to GDP of an economy? Comment.
The sectoral composition of an economy is the proportionate contribution of different sectors to the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of an economy during a year. It gives the share of agricultural sector, industrial sector and service sector in GDP.
It is necessary that at the later stages of development, the service sector should contribute the maximum to the total GDP. There exists a phenomenon called structural transformation which implies that gradually the country’s dependence on the agricultural sector will shift from the maximum to minimum and at the same time, the share of industrial and service sector in the total GDP will increase. This structural transformation together with the economic growth is termed as economic development.