The bar chart illustrates the percentages of the UK workforce in five industries including: manufacuring, services, agriculture – fishing, construction, energy and water between 1841 and 2011.
We can easily see that, the rankings of UK workforce in each industry ranged from high to low in 1841. Contrary with 2011, the percentage of services industry increased significantly compared to the remaining industries. Besides, manufacring with construction and agriculture – fishing bonus energy – water has similar percent of the UK workforce industries in 2011.
In 1841, the percentage of manufacuring stood at 36 higher than other industries. The second rank is services industry which just less than 3 percent compare to manufacturing industry. Other sectors such as agriculture – fishing, construction, energy – water account for 22%, 5% and 3% of the UK workforce respectively.
In 2011, the proportion of the workforce in the UK’s service industry peaked at 81%, double what it was in 1841, with the construction industry also seeing a negligible increase of only 3% of the workforce of the UK. the proportion of the workforce in the UK’s manufacuring industry decreased considerably 27 percent in 2011. Two sectors, construction, energy and water, have seen a slight decline of 1% of the UK workforce after 170 years.