The graph below shows the proportions of workers in three different sectors in South Korea between 1981 and 2011

The line chart illustrates the percentage of workers in three sectors in South Korea during 1981-2011.

Overall

, between 1981-2011, The majority of employment worked in the service sector.

Moreover

, the employment

rate

in the service has an upward trend

while

agriculture has a downward shift.

To begin

with, the employment

rate

for the service sector in 1981 was just slightly under 40% and keep went up steadily to approximately 70%

at the end

of the period (2011).

Conversely

, the worker's proportion in the agriculture sector just drops during the period. In 1981, the

rate

of workers in agriculture was just above 30%

then

decreased significantly until 1991 to 10% and

then

it progressively declined and

finally

dropped sharply and hit a low of roughly 5% in 2011.

On the other hand

, the

rate

of workers in the industry has fluctuated during the period. In 1981 there was just under 30% worker in industry and

then

it keeps increasing to just about 35% in 1991 and

then

progressively falling until 2011 to around 25%