第三产业的迅速发展导致了西方工业化国家产业结构的普遍变化。70年代以来,第一、二产业年平均增长率已逐渐降到去年底的1～2％,而第三产业的年平均增长率却达4％。第三产业在整个国民经济中所占的比重从50年代的40％左右上升到去年底的60％左右。其中英国为65％,美国为64％,日本为63％。 The rapid development of the tertiary industry has led to widespread changes in the industrial structure in the industrialized nations of the West. Since the 1970s, the average annual growth rates of the primary and secondary industries have gradually dropped from 1% to 2% at the end of last year while the average annual growth rate of the tertiary industry has reached 4%. The share of the tertiary industry in the entire national economy rose from about 40% in the 1950s to about 60% at the end of last year. Of these, 65% are in the United Kingdom, 64% in the United States and 63% in Japan.