The bar chart shows the percentage shares of five different sectors in
Country B’s economy in 2005 and 2015 with predictions for 2025.
Overall, it is clear that finance industrie was the largest in comparison with others, and it is expecting to remain dominant in the future. By contrast, manufacturing is predicted experience the most substantial decline. Food processing and the oil, coal and gas industry are expected to fluctuate, whereas tourism will decrease and then remain stable.
To begin with, finance accounted for the highest proportion in 2005, standing at approximately over 30%. It increased dramatically from 30% to approximately 37% in 2015 and is projected to increase further to about 42% in 2025. Similarly, food processing rose from 11% to 21% between 2005 and 2015. However, its share is predicted to fall back to 11% in 2025. The oil, coal and gas sector also increased from 26% to just over 30%, before return to 26%.
Moving on to the remaining categories, manufacturing represented 21% of the economy in 2005. Its figure declined to around 16% in 2015 and is predicted to fall sharply to only 5% in 2025. Tourism also decreased from about 26% to 21%, after which it is expected to remain stable.