The graph shows information about how many people were employed in three economic sectors in UK over a ten-year period between 2000 and 2010.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that there were considerable upward trends in the number of employed people in such sectors of the economy as a public sector and a self-employment sector, while the amount of workers in a private sector decreased significantly. In addition, the private sector was the most popular economic sector at the beginning of the period, but at the end of the decade the highest level of employment was observed in the public sector of the economy.
Looking at the details, as regards the public sector, the percentage of employed people started at 38 % in 2000, then there was a considerable rise between 2002 and 2005. And this figure was at the peak of people’s employment in 2005, after which it went down slightly. But by 2010 the percentage of workers was 51 % which meant that it was far more than the other sectors of the economy. If we look at the self-employment sector, this trend was similar. Despite rising steadily for three years, the employment rate of this sector then fell to its lowest point at 10 %. But from 2004 to 2010, the number of employed people gradually increased and at the end of the period reached 30 %.
By contrast, the employment rate of the private sector went in the opposite direction. The percentage of workers started at 50 %, but then it fell dramatically to 21% in 2009. Despite dropping slightly in the following year, the employment rate then levelled off by 2010.