The graph below shows the percentage of self-employed workers of the total workforce in five countries in 1998 and 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart illustrates the rate of freelancers compared to the total number of employees in five examined countries between 1998 and 2008.

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, there was a drop in the percentage of free-lance workers in Greece and Turkey, with the

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remaining at the highest position throughout the years; meanwhile, the opposite was true for the

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in Russia.

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, the proportion of self-employed workers in Russia, Slovakia, and Czech experienced an increase. The number of freelancers in Turkey started at 57% in 1998, after which it experienced a significant downward trend to just under 40% in 2008. The opposite trend was seen in the

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Republic, which was ten times smaller than the data

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free-lance workers in Turkey, was at 5% in the first year, followed by a small increase to a mere 6% in 2008. 42% was the rate of independent employees in Greece in 1998, slightly decreasing to 35% in 2008. Contrary changes could be seen in the

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for freelancers in Czech and Slovakia, which was at 11% and 8% in 1998, ending the period at 15% and 11% respectively.