The line graph illustrates the percentage of employees in three different economic sectors in the UK throughout a decade from 2000 to 2010.
It is clear from the graph, public sector and self-employed witnessed a rise while private sector decreased throughout the period. Furthermore, having initially ranked first, private sector dropped to the bottom of the ranking by the end of the period.
Looking at the details, as regards private sector, become started at around 45 in 2000, then there was a rapidly declined to 30 after 5 years. After that, this figure continue falled to nearly 20 in 2010, becoming the last ranked in the final period.
By contrast, self- employed started at roughly 18 in 2000 and increased to nearly 20 in 2002. After experiencing a slight decline, the figure recovered to its original level after 2 years. Up to 2010, this figure witnessed a consistently rise to approximately 28. Otherwise, public sector began at around 35 before seeing a fluctuation at 6 first years. After that, this sector rose steadily and reached a peak at nearly 50 in the final period.
