The graph illustrates the number of people who were employed in three different sectors of the UK economy, 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 employees of both self-employed and public sectors, while the employees in the private sectors saw a substantial fall over the period in question. Another interesting point is that the private sector was the most popular sector in 2000, but in 2010 the public sector had more workers than others.
As regards the sector of public, it began at just around 35 employees in 2000. There was a gradual rise to 45 workers in 2005, after which the figure dipped and increased steadily to around 50 in 2010. This meant that it had the highest number of the three sectors in that year. As for sector of those who worked for themselves, it started at just over 15 people in 2000. Following this, there was a slight increase to around 20 in 2002. Despite falling negligibly to just under 16 in 2003 and 2004, the rate grew considerably to 28 in 2010.
If we look at private sector there was just under 45 individuals at 2000, which meant that it was far more than the other sectors. Having fallen consistently to just about 39 in 2002, the figure levelled off from 2002 to 2003. Subsequently, private sector fell significantly to 2010, after that it had the lowest number of workers it that year.