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The graph below shows the percentage of self employed workers of the total workforce in five countries in 1998 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Model Answer
The given column graph illustrates the percentage of workers who were doing their own work, out of all employed people in five countries, in 1998 and 2008. It is manifest from the graph that the Turks and Greeks were more interested in entrepreneurship than the Russians, Slovakians and the Czechs.
The percentage of self-employed people from the Russian Republic, Slovakia and the Czech Republic was 5%, 7% and 11% respectively, in 1998. However, in just a decade the percentage rose in all three countries and reached 7%, 12% and 14% respectively, by 2008. The people of Greece and Turkey doing own business were 43% and 56% respectively, but decreased to 35% and 39% respectively by 2008.
Overall, it is interesting to see that although the percentage of entrepreneurs in the Russian Republic, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were much lesser than those in Greece and Turkey, their interest in doing their own work grew with time. Whereas, the people of Greece and Turkey were much more who were running their own business, but their interest in doing their own work dwindled with time.