The graph shows the amount of money spennt on books in Germany , France , Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005.

The graph shows the amount of money spennt on books in Germany , France , Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005.
The graph represents the expenditure in US
dollars
on
books
in
four
countries
from 1995 to 2005.
Overall
, spending levels in all of the
four
countries
show an increasing trend, but Germany leading in terms of the amount of money spent on
books
.
To begin
with, Germany allocated 80
million
US
dollars
to book purchases in 1995. The figure rose to 90
million
in 1999 but experienced a slight drop to approximately 85 in 2003. By 2005, Germans spent over 90
million
US
dollars
on
books
, accounting for the highest number among the
four
countries
. In 1995, France and Italy spent 55
million
and 50
million
US
dollars
, respectively.
In contrast
, Italy's spending declined in Italy, to 50
million
, in 1999, but
then
steadily increased to just above 60 by the end of the period. Austria spent only 30 US
million
dollars
in 1995, accounting for the lowest expenditure in
this
year among the
four
countries
that year.
However
, there was a significant upward trend in spending on
books
, reaching above 70 by the end of 2005, surpassing Italy's in the same year.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditure
  • trend
  • increase
  • decrease
  • peak
  • surge
  • decline
  • fluctuate
  • steady
  • comparison
  • significant change
  • spending patterns
  • economic conditions
  • cultural factors
  • cross-country comparison
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