The charts below show the percentage of workers in three sectors across four countries in 1980 and 2010.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar charts illustrate the

proportion

of employees in four

countries

who worked in three different industries—

agriculture

,

industry

, and

services

—between 1980 and 2010.

Overall

, it can be seen that the

proportion

of

workers

in

agriculture

and

services

decreased in all

countries

,

while

the

industry

sector

experienced growth over the thirty-year period.

Germany

led in the

industry

and

services

sectors,

while

China

had the highest

proportion

of

workers

in

agriculture

in both years. In 1980,

China

had the largest percentage of

workers

in

agriculture

, at 70%. In

Germany

, 60% of the

workforce

was employed in

industry

, and 50% in

services

—both the highest among the four

countries

.

Conversely

, only 5% of

Germany

’s

workforce

was in

agriculture

,

while

40% of

China

's

workforce

was in

industry

. Japan had 38% of its labour force in

agriculture

in 1980. By 2010, the

proportion

of

workers

in

agriculture

in

China

had decreased to 50%, but it still remained the highest among the

countries

.

Germany

saw an increase in the

industry

sector

, with 82% of its

workforce

employed there,

while

the

services

sector

declined to 40%.

Agriculture

in

Germany

dropped to just 2% by 2010. In

China

, the

services

sector

saw a significant decline from 50% to 22%,

while

the

industry

sector

also

decreased from 40% to 22% in 2010.