The line chart illustrates the distribution of Australia’s economy in five different industries from 2005 to 2009, and the pie depicts the total employment share in various fields in the year 2009.
Overall, it is apparent that the services sector was consistently the primary contributor throughout the years. Similarly, the services area maintained the dominance among all categories.
Between 2005 and 2009, the services field steadily increased from nearly 45% to 49%. In contrast, manufacturing experienced a slight decline by 3% ( from 14% to 11%) and agriculture slowly dropped from roughly 8% to 5%. Meanwhile, construction and mining moderately grew, starting at 10% and nearly 9%, both rising to around 11% and under 10% , respectively.
By 2009, the services sector represented the largest share, accounting for 57.5%. Construction ranked in the second sector stood at 13.1%, closely followed by manufacturing at 12.9. Additionally, mining constituted 10.6%, which was nearly double that of agriculture at 5.9%.