The graph illustrates changes that took place in the contribution of agriculture, manufacturing and business and financial in the UK in a hundred period.
Overall, the given information shows that in comparison to 1900, the trend changed beyond recognition. The percentage of agriculture had become far lower by 2000, while the figure of business and financial services had increased significantly.
To begin with, there was a downward trend among two sectors, namely agriculture and manufacturing. The percentage of the former was the greatest with about 49% in 1900, however the figure of the latter was slightly lower with about 45%. In 1950, the agriculture experienced an minor increase to 53% whereas the proportion of the manufacturing declined much substantially with a 6% fall. However, In the subsequent period it dropped far less in comparison to the percentage of agriculture because it underwent a dramatic fall to about four times. Far less agriculture was contributed in 2000 with around 2%, as regards manufacturing, it declined to 15%.
By contrast, there was an upward trend in the proportion of business and financial services. The percentage was far less than the others with about 4%. Likewise trend was In 1950, because it still was the least popular with around 10%. The situation changed in 1975 due to the fact that it exceeded the proportion of the agriculture with 20%. By 2000, It had increased considerably to 35%, making it the most popular sector.
