The graphic provides information concerning the distribution of the United Kingdom workforce in five huge sectors during 1841 and 2011.
Overall, there are 5 different work areas which are manufacturing, services, fishing, construction and energy/water. One of the most striking features of this investigation is that the services industry had the highest rate among others in 2011. The energy/water sector had the lowest percentage among other sectors in both years.
In 1841, the manufacturing industry had the highest rate with 36%, while the services sector followed it with 33% as the second biggest industry. Turning next to the construction sector had 5% rate, whereas the energy/water industry had half of it rate with 3% in 1841.
Moving on to 2011, the services sector had the highest proportion with 81% among other industries while there was a decrease from 36% to 9% in the manufacturing sector. The agriculture/fishing industry’s percentage went down to 1% from 22% significantly in 2011. There was a slight rise in the construction sector’s rate by 3% while the energy/water industry’s percentage fell from 3% to 1% in 2011.
