The chart below shows the proportion of staff employed by age in the public sector in the UK in 2015 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate the ages of people employed in the UK public sector during two years, 2015 and 2020.

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the percentage of those employed in their 20s and 40s increased,

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for other

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groups, particularly the over 50s, fell. Turning first to the younger age groups,

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the

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of workers under 21 actually fell from 14% in 2015 to 12% in 2020, the

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percentage of workers under 30 actually rose because of the surge in the

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of 21-30-year-olds, which increased significantly from 23% to 33%.

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, the proportion of employees over the age of 40 climbed from 19% in 2015 to 28% by 2020.

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, other groups saw quite significant falls in

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. For 31-40-year-olds, the

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figure plummeted from 21% in 2015 to just 11% by 2020, which represented a substantial drop of more than 50% in relative terms.

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, the

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of over 50s declined, though not by quite so much, standing at 23% in 2015 and 16% in 2020.