The table below gives information about the percentage of wokforce employed in six induatries in Australia between 1989 and 2009.

The table illustrates the proportion of staff who worked in six different aspects of industry in Australia from 1989 to 2009. Looking from an

overall

perspective, it is readily apparent that fewer workers are employed in manufacturing and retail,

while

there was an upward trend for others over a period of time.

In addition

, manufacturing required the largest workforce at the beginning,

whereas

this

position belonged to health care in the end.

In contrast

, tourism ranked the lowest item at

this

time When it comes to the rate of total workers in manufacturing, it accounted for 15% in 2989 and

then

had a significant increase to 9,8% in 2009,

Similarly

, there was a slight fall from 11,8% to 10,1% over two decades. In terms of health care, it started at 9,6% before rising slowly and reaching a peak of 11,3% in the end.

Following

this

trend, 7,6% and 6,8% belonged to construction and education respectively which was a gradual growth of 0,7% for both figures in 2009.

Finally

, tourism had the lowest workforce with 5,5% at the beginning preceding increasing to 7,3% in 2009.