(c) Display the information from the previous page on the bar chart below. The first has been added for you.
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(iv) Review the table below showing the number of people (in thousands) who were employed in Ireland’s main economic sectors between 1961 and 2004.
Numbers Employed in Main Economic Sectors (000s)
Remember! Primary ➔ Secondary ➔ Tertiary ➔
Sector
Agriculture Industry Services
Total at work
1961 379 259 415
1,053
1981 196 363 587
1,146 (a) Describe the trend in agricultural employment between 1961 and 2004.
2004 115 499
1,206 1,820
Source: CSO, ESRI
(b) Between 1961 and 2004 we see a large increase in the number of people employed in tertiary economic activities. Outline how globalisation may have contributed to this increase.