The given three pie charts compare the percentage of Australian school leavers did immediately after leaving secondary school in three years (1980, 1990, and 2000.)
Overall, the figure for employed showed an upward trajectory throughout the period, whereas further education experienced a decline over the period. It is also evident that further education had the highest percentage in the initial year, while unemployment stood apart from the others with the lowest fraction at the beginning.
In detail, the share of further education accounted for 50% of the total distribution in 1980, compared with 40% for employed. However, the figure for further education witnessed a moderate decrease to 38% by 1990, whereupon employed rose steadily to 50% in the same year. Meanwhile, unemployment increased slightly from 10% to 12% by 1990.
Following this trend, further education underwent by one percentage to 37% by the end of the timeframe. Conversely, the figure for employed increase of 5 percentage points, reaching a peak of 55% by the end of the period. Likewise, unemployment showed a downward trajectory by 2000 to 8% over a 20-year span.
