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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. 
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.