The charts show the Australian school leavers did immediately after leaving secondary school.

The pie charts illustrate the

percentage

of future plans of

students

in Australia who graduated from secondary school from 1980 to 2000.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the future of education was the dominant choice in 1980, but employment took the place of it in both 1990 and 2000.

Moreover

, the proportion of tertiary education saw a decreasing pattern

while

those for employment experienced an increasing pattern. Looking at the chart more closely, one can see that in 1980, the majority of graduates in Australia chose to study

further

, accounting for half of the total

percentage

, followed by 40% of

students

who decided to be employed. The rate of unemployed people was the least at just one-fifth of for proportion of

students

who opt to study more.

However

, in 1990, the

percentage

of decided to be employed in a company increased by 10%, becoming the most popular choice. Meanwhile, the rate of those who selected

further

education fell moderately to 38%.

Although

the proportion of unemployed people rose by 2%, it still remained the least popular one. In the final year of the period, the rate of employed

students

was equal to the

percentage

of employed and unemployed people combined, at 55 per cent.