The chart below shows the levels of employment in different sectors of the UK economy from 1910 to 2010.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graphs illustrate the levels change of employment in the British economy since 100 years ago .

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, the services industry experienced the fastest growth — by the end of the period, it employed more people than the other three sectors combined.

In contrast

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, fewer societies worked in agriculture, energy construction, and manufacturing during

this

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time period. Manufacturing was the dominant industry at the beginning of the period, employing over five million people. It continued to grow until 1950 when it peaked at approximately eight million people before falling into decline. Its place as a leading industry was taken by services, which was the only sector that demonstrated a strong upward trend throughout the age.

As a result

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of its rapid growth, it overtook manufacturing to become the largest employer by 1930 with just over 10 workers and exceeded 20 by 2010. In regard to the remaining two sectors, agriculture and energy and construction gradually shrank from providing jobs for approximately 2.5 and 3.5 society respectively in 1910 to under two million each in 2010.