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

The line graph illustrates the amount of cash spent on books from 1995 to 2005 in four different countries, which are

Germany

,

France

, Italy and

Austria

Overall

,

Germany

and Italy show a fluctuating graph

while

France

and

Austria

are continuously increasing their book spending. Over four countries,

Germany

has conquered the title of highest book spender

whereas

Austria

is the opposite.

However

, the situation changed in 2003 as Italy is now in the lowest position.

Germany

spent over 80 to 90

million

dollars on books between 1995 to 2005.

Although

it is fluctuating,

Germany

is still the biggest spender. The second is

France

which rose consistently since 1995 and now spent approximately 70

million

dollars in 2005. There is still quite a big gap between

Germany

and

France

. The third highest spender used to be Italy, as the country spent 50

million

expanse of cash in 1995.

Nonetheless

, over a period of time,

Austria

has now taken Italy's position. In 2003,

Austria

surpassed Italy by spending 60

million

on books. From there,

Austria

's spending escalated quickly until the gap between

Austria

and Italy was roughly 10

million

dollars in 2005.