The charts show the percentage of people working in different sectors in Towns A and B in two years, 1960 and 2010.
The pie charts compare the
proportion
of the working population in manufacturing, sales
and services in 1960 and 2010 in two towns
.
Overall
, the percentage of the workforce in manufacturing increased in both towns
in 2010 compared with the 1960 figures. By contrast
, in Towns
A and B
, the proportion
of those working in the sales
sector fell in 2010.
In 1960, the figure for workers in manufacturing was 29% in Town
A, almost three times higher than the figure in Town
B
. However
, by 2010 the proportion
of people in manufacturing had risen in Towns
A and B
to 64% and 25%, respectively.
On the other hand
, the figures for the sales
sector witnessed a decline. In Town
A, the proportion
of the workforce in sales
in 1960 was 41% and this
fell by over half to 20% in 2010. In Town
B
, the figure decreased from 70% in 1960 to 53% in 2010.
The percentage of workers in the services sector almost halved in Town
A to 16% in 2010, whereas
in Town
B
it rose slightly from 20% in 1960 to 22% in 2010.Submitted by patelbhoomi168 on
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