The supplied bar chart gives data on the distribution => contribution of certain

sectors namely Agriculture, Manufacturing and Business and Financial to the

economy of the UK in the twentieth century.

On the whole, it can easily be seen that there were many changes in all sectors.
Noticeably, the contribution of Agriculture and Manufacturing showed a
downward change (1), while that of Business and Financial saw a significant
increase (3).

Regarding Agriculture and Manufacturing, the figures for these stood at (1)
around 50% and 45% respectively in 1900. However, 50 years later, while the
proportion of Agriculture grew slightly (1) by 5%, there was a minimal decline
(2) to roughly 40% in that of manufacturing. The year 1975 saw a sink (4) in both
sectors’ figures and they kept going down (1) at about 5% and 15% at the end of
the period.

In contrast with agriculture and manufacturing sector, the ratio for business and
financial experienced a steady rise (3), starting at under 5% and ending at around
40%. In 2000, the data/ percentage for this sector was also the highest in the
three givens.