The bar chart compares the proportion of overall self-employed workers in five different countries, namely the Russian Republic, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Greece, and Turkey, in two years, 1998 and 2008.
Overall, whereas the largest figures belonged to Turkey in both given years, the opposite was true for the Russian republic. It is also clear that the percentages of most countries had increased to a different extent by the second year, except for those of Turkey and Greece.
Turning to the first year, the Russian Republic opened the chart with 5%; this was followed by Slovakia (7%) and the Czech Republic (11%). Greece and Turkey recorded the highest proportions and accounted for 43% and 57%, respectively.
With respect to the second year, all countries experienced significant changes in terms of their self-employed workers’ percentages. The figures for Russia, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic increased and made up approximately 7%, 12%, and 15%, in that order. Despite decreasing from 57% to just below 40%, Turkey remained the first rank in the percentage of self-employed workers, and Greece closed the chart with 35%.
