The bar charts depict the proportion of individuals employed in three different sectors across four countries in two years, 1980 and 2010.
Overall, there was a decline in the percentage of employment in agriculture and services, while industry in all countries generally experienced an upward trend except for China. In both years, agriculture held the highest percentage of employment in China, while industry dominated in the other nations.
In 1980, the workforce distribution in Germany showed that 60% of individuals were employed in industry, with services and agriculture accounting for 50% and 5% respectively. Similarly, the USA and India had comparable distribution patterns, with roughly half of the workforce employed in industry and a small minority in agriculture. Conversely, China had a predominant agricultural workforce, at 70%, surpassing services and industry by 20% and 30% respectively.
Thirty years later, there was a notable increase in industry in Germany, the US, and Japan, ranging from 70% to 80%, while China’s industry sector remained relatively stable at 40%. There was a significant decrease of 30% in services in China, compared to a less significant drop of approximately 10% in the other countries. This trend also applied to agriculture, with China experiencing a decline of 20%, while the figures for the other three countries remained negligible, accounting for less than 10%.