The given line graph shows information about how many people were employed by sector in the UK economy over a decade between 2000 and 2010.
Overall, it can be seen from the graph that there were significant upward trends in the rate of both public sector and self-employed, whereas the rate of private sector saw a dramatic fall in the time period covered by the graph.
Looking at the details, a regards the rate of self-employed was a steady rise to 20% in 2002. At this point the figure fell back to just under 20% between 2002 and 2005, but then it went up to 20% again in 2005. Having increased considerably to 30% from 2005 to 2009, but then it remained stable at this point in the last two years. If we look at public sector, the trend was almost similar. The rate of public sector stayed stable at just above 40% during the first three years of the graph. From 2002 to 2005, the rate saw a dramatic jump to almost 50%, but then it dropped at approximately 35% in 2005. Finally the rate peaked at just over 50% in the last year of the graph and it was the highest point in 2010.
By contrast, the rate of private sector went in the opposite way. Despite a considerable decrease to almost 40% in 2002, then it remained stable from 2002 to 2003. After that, the figure went up significantly to 20% during the last seven years.