The bar chart illustrates a comparison of the rate of United Kingdom workforce in five different sectors in two particular years 1841 and 2011. Overall, the services industry had the highest rate among others in 2011while, the energy and water sectors had the lowest percentage .
The most striking feature is that, the proportion of people in services area was 81% in 2011 which contrast markedly with the figure of 33% in 1841. Although, the highest percentage related to 1841 is 36% in manufacturing, this part underwent a notable downward by 2011.
Moreover, a significant fall can be observed in agriculture and fishing industries. The rate of staff in the food production decreased to only 1% in 2011. Similarly, the Energy and water Company’s percentage went down to 1% from 27%, by the end of the period. On the other hand, the Construction industry experienced a slight rise from 5% to 8% over the mentioned times .
To sum up, there is an upswing trend in the percentage of workers in the service and construction industries, while a decline in all other areas over the 170 years period .