The pie chart compares the percentages of people who worked in the UK’s public sector by age between 2015 and 2020. Overall, the highest percentage of people working in the UK’s public sector was over 50. In contrast, the percentage of people under 21 who worked in the UK’s public sector was lowest in 2015.
In terms of employment, the percentage of people aged 21-30 who worked in the UK’s public sector was 23% in 2015. This figure increased to 33% in 2020, a rise of 10% over a period of 5 years. Similarly, the percentage of employees aged 41-50 increased by 9% from 19% to 28%.
For the other age groups, there was a decrease in the percentages of people over 50 and under 21 from 23% and 14% in 2015 to 16% and 12% in 2020, respectively, a decrease of 7% and 2% over a period of 5 years. Likewise, the percentage of people aged 31-40 working in the public sector in the UK was 21%, which decreased by 10% in 2020 to 11%.
