the bar chart shows the percentages of the UK workforce in five major industries in 1841 and 2011.
The graph illustrates the changes in the proportions of the five main industries including Manufacturing,
Services
, Agriculture or Fishing, Construction and Energy over a 170-year period from 1841 to 2011.
Overall
, more than half of the given industries experienced a decline, except for Services
and Construction. What stands out is that the dominant industry
shifted from Manufacturing to Services
.
It is revealed from the chart that Manufacturing was the most prevalent industry
in the middle of the 19th century, accounting for 36% of the workforce. While
Services
followed closely behind at 33%, making it the second most popular industry
, Construction and Energy lagged behind with only 5% and 3% respectively.
However
, there was a significant transformation in industry
distribution by the early decade of the twenty-first century. The services
sector attracted the majority of the workforce in UK
, reaching 81%, Correct article usage
the UK
whereas
Manufacturing decreased by 22%. Additionally
, the agricultural section
became the least Correct your spelling
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with the
proportion Correct article usage
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