The graph below shows the contribution of three sectors- agriculture, manufacturing, and business and financial services- to the UK economy in the twentieth century. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided bar graph illustrates the ratio of particular sectors which constituted the UK economy in the period of 100 years, between 1900 and 2000.

Overall

, what stands out from the graph is that Business and Finans experienced an upward trend in the whole century.

While

Manufacturing saw a moderate decrease, Agriculture lost its dominance throughout the period. Looking at the details, there was a steady rise in the Business and Financial sectors.

Although

they contributed the least to the economy with a small minority in 1900 and their value increased steadily until reaching over 30% which was the highest share of the total in 2000. Now turning to Agriculture and Manufacturing, they stood at just under 50% and about 45% in 1900. In terms of Agriculture, despite an upward trend to over half of the sectors between 1900 and 1950, there was the highest loss in the following period of 50 years,reaching the lowest percentage in 2000. As regards the Manufacturing sector, it experienced a downward trend from over 40% to about 20% which was the second highest important sector in 2000.