The graph below shows the contribution of three sectors – agriculture, manufacturing and business and financial services – to the UK economy in the twentieth century. Write a report for a university lecturer by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph provides information about three sectors, namely Agriculture, Manufacturing and Business and Financial and their contribution to the UK economy between 1900 and 2000.

Overall

, Agriculture and Manufacturing presented a considerable drop in their contribution

while

the Business and Financial sectors gradually increased in importance.

Firstly

, with regards to the industries that experienced a fall in contributions, the agricultural segment contributed almost half of the percentage in 1900 and experienced a slight rise by 5% in the next half decade and in 1975 reduced significantly to 10 %

whereas

continuing to decrease in 2000 around 2.5 %.

By contrast

, manufacturing was 45% at the beginning of the period but it experienced three times decline over the period of 100 years.

Secondly

, turning to the sector whose contributions rose over the period, the Business and Financial sector started at just 5% and it rose marginally to approximately 10%in 1950

however

,

further

growth by 10% in the next 25 years and reversed the situation in a century and largely contributed to the UK economy seven times more.