Band 6+: The graph below shows the percentage of self-employed workers of the total workforce in five countries in 1998 and 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of people working for themselves in five different countries during 1998 and 2008.

Overall, it is clear that Turkey had the highest number of people who worked independently both two years mentioned, while the opposite was seen in the Russian republic.

In 1998, Turkey had reached its peak, about 57%, before decreasing to nearly 40%. The second highest was recorded in Greece with just over 41% of individuals working for themselves in 1998 and then declining to approximately a third in 2008.

The figures for the Russian republic and Slovakia were all below 10% in 1998, but after ten years, the Russian republic just grew slightly from roughly 5% to about 6%, while Slovakia had noticeably risen from nearly 6% to over a tenth. The quantity of people who want to become freelancers in the Czech Republic was a little more than a tenth in 1998, and about 15% in ten years later.