The bar chart compares five countries (Russian Republic, Slovaki, Czech Republic, Greece, and Turkey) in terms of the proportion of individual workers to the total workforce in two periods (1998 and 2008). The units are measured in percentages.
Overall, Greece and Turkey remained by far the largest categories in both years, although considerable declines were seen in the rates of these trends. However, a slight increase in the rest of these countries (Russian Republic, Slovakia, and Czech Republic), which had the lowest percentage, was particularly noticeable.
In detail, in 1998, self employed workers accounted for about 55% of total workforce in Turkey. Nevertheless, this rate significantly decrease to just below 40% in the second time frame, retaining its dominance. As for Greece, which was the second dominant category after Turkey, though its percentage was around 43% in 1998, this rate markedly dropped, falling to roughly 35% in 2008.
Regarding Czech Repiblic and Slovakia, their rates were approximately 11% and 7% in the initial year, respectively. Subsequently, in 2008, while the former’s percentage rose to nearly 14%, the latter’s proportion expressed the same level with the first rate of Slovakia, at about 11%. The final country, which was the least dominant category, was Russian Republic. Its percentage grew marginally from roughly 5% in 1998 to around 8% in 2008.