"Figure 2a: UK sectoral shares of employment, 1920 to 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. A structural break was included for the period 1939 to 1947 as data were not available." "Unit","%" "","" "","Primary sector","Secondary sector","Tertiary sector" "1920","14.32","34.17","51.51" "1921","15.22","31.78","52.99" "1922","14.95","32.43","52.62" "1923","14.95","32.87","52.18" "1924","14.87","33.06","52.07" "1925","14.18","33.29","52.53" "1926","14.06","32.76","53.18" "1927","13.10","33.78","53.12" "1928","12.59","33.68","53.73" "1929","12.42","33.63","53.95" "1930","12.35","32.61","55.04" "1931","12.07","31.58","56.35" "1932","11.66","31.30","57.05" "1933","11.27","31.91","56.82" "1934","10.92","32.73","56.35" "1935","10.55","33.19","56.26" "1936","10.09","33.96","55.95" "1937","9.80","34.45","55.75" "1938","9.62","34.03","56.36" "1939","","","" "1940","","","" "1941","","","" "1942","","","" "1943","","","" "1944","","","" "1945","","","" "1946","","","" "1947","","","" "1948","8.56","37.34","54.11" "1949","8.53","37.81","53.66" "1950","8.30","38.26","53.44" "1951","8.09","38.56","53.35" "1952","8.09","38.19","53.72" "1953","7.98","38.42","53.61" "1954","7.77","38.75","53.47" "1955","7.64","39.15","53.21" "1956","7.45","39.20","53.35" "1957","7.48","39.19","53.33" "1958","7.44","38.95","53.61" "1959","7.28","38.96","53.76" "1960","6.83","39.76","53.41" "1961","6.52","40.05","53.43" "1962","6.26","39.70","54.04" "1963","6.11","39.41","54.49" "1964","5.79","39.77","54.44" "1965","5.42","40.01","54.57" "1966","5.10","40.15","54.75" "1967","4.87","39.24","55.89" "1968","4.52","38.87","56.61" "1969","4.21","38.79","57.00" "1970","3.99","38.21","57.80" "1971","3.82","37.31","58.87" "1972","3.70","36.19","60.11" "1973","3.59","36.03","60.39" "1974","3.43","35.79","60.78" "1975","3.38","34.62","62.00" "1976","3.36","33.99","62.65" "1977","3.34","33.84","62.82" "1978","3.29","33.37","63.34" "1979","3.22","32.93","63.85" "1980","3.22","31.90","64.88" "1981","3.18","30.47","66.35" "1982","3.16","29.53","67.32" "1983","3.08","28.64","68.28" "1984","2.98","28.01","69.02" "1985","2.88","27.59","69.52" "1986","2.71","27.05","70.23" "1987","2.58","26.68","70.74" "1988","2.45","26.32","71.23" "1989","2.35","26.01","71.64" "1990","2.28","25.38","72.33" "1991","2.25","24.21","73.54" "1992","2.20","23.32","74.48" "1993","2.14","22.69","75.17" "1994","1.99","22.68","75.33" "1995","1.91","22.60","75.49" "1996","1.97","22.42","75.61" "1997","1.98","22.16","75.87" "1998","1.84","22.17","75.99" "1999","1.69","21.34","76.97" "2000","1.57","20.68","77.75" "2001","1.45","20.07","78.48" "2002","1.39","19.31","79.29" "2003","1.36","18.66","79.98" "2004","1.36","18.14","80.49" "2005","1.42","17.71","80.87" "2006","1.39","17.40","81.21" "2007","1.38","17.25","81.37" "2008","1.41","16.80","81.79" "2009","1.42","16.30","82.28" "2010","1.52","15.69","82.79" "2011","1.52","15.61","82.87" "2012","1.51","15.49","83.00" "2013","1.37","15.27","83.36" "2014","1.46","15.15","83.39" "2015","1.34","15.08","83.58" "2016","1.30","15.11","83.59"