The bar chart compares the share of India’s GDP in three fields: agriculture, industry and services from 1960 to 2000.
Overall, initially the agriculture was the main source of contribution, however it lost its dominance while services overtook dominance. Industry showed almost less of more change over time.
As for agriculture, there was slight decline from almost 65% to approximately 55% between 1960 and 1970, but this was followed by a further decrease to slightly more than 45% in 1980. Before a significant decrease from roughly 45% to just over than 35% from 1980 to 1990, the percentage of agriculture dipped to just under 15% in the final year.
Of one note is that industry started from just under 15%, a figure that then rose to 20%, after which the proportion of industry increased to around 25% between 1970 and 1980. The percentage of industry remained stable by the end of the period. Starting at almost 15%, the percentage of services rose significantly to slightly less than 25% in 1970. After a slight increase to just under 30% in 1980, the share of services soared to almost 45%, but this followed by a staggering rise to slightly more than 60% by the end of the period.
