The graph below shows the percentage of the Australian workforce in five industries between 1962 and 2012.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The line chart displays the proportion of the workforce in Australia in five different industries
betweenn
the years 1962 and 2012.
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between
Overall
, the Linking Words
percentages
of Fix the agreement mistake
percentage
workers
in service increased and remained the highest among all other industries Use synonyms
while
the proportion of Linking Words
workers
in Use synonyms
manufactoring
, agriculture, construction and mining decreased over the period.
The number of employees in Correct your spelling
manufacturing
service
industry began the period at just above Correct article usage
the service
the
half and grew gradually Correct article usage
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year
on Use synonyms
year
until it reached nearly 80% in 2012. Use synonyms
Workers
in Use synonyms
manufacturing
sector started the period at nearly a quarter in 1962 and declined slightly to just 20% in 1980. Correct article usage
the manufacturing
Then
it rose slightly to a quarter in 1990 and remained relatively stable for ten years until 2000 before it began to drop to nearly 10% in 2012.
The Linking Words
percentages
of employers in agriculture began the Fix the agreement mistake
percentage
beriod
at nearly 10 % in 1962 before its gradual drop Correct your spelling
period
year
on Use synonyms
year
until it reached nearly 5% in 2012. The workforce in construction was at nearly 9% in 1962 and it went up Use synonyms
to
slightly to just above 10% in 2012. The Change preposition
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percentages
of Fix the agreement mistake
percentage
workers
in mining was at a tiny fraction in 1962 before its slight increase to approximately 4% in 2012 which remained the lowest among others.Use synonyms
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