The bar chart illustrates how the funding for developing countries changed in six developed country between 2008 and 2010.
Overall, USA, UK and Netherland followed an upward trend, while the reverse was true Sweden. It is also apparent that, the figures for Japan exhibited relatively stable over the period,while similar pattern can be observed in UK and Germany.
Regarding the countries with more pronounced changes USA, UK and Netherlands exhibited a noticeable discrepancy between their starting and final aid. In the first year, USA donated the most amount of money,making up about 22billion dollars, after a notable decline in 2009,the figure reached a peak of 25billion dollars in the last year. When it comes to UK, the aid for developing countries was around 8billion dollars, in the following years it grew, with 13billion dollars in 2010.While Netherlands began at 11billion dollars, then there was a significant growth before a gradual reduction in 2010.
In contrast,countries that saw less dramatic changes–Germany, Japan and Sweden–increased slightly over the period, with the exception for Sweden. The amount of fundings for developing countries in Germany and Japan was the same in 2008, both hit a trough at 10billion dollars and 8billion dollars in 2009, relatively.In 2010, while Germany saw a considerable increase of 3billion dollars, the amount of aid of Japan returned to the same point. As for the Sweden, despite a moderate rise to 7billion dollars in 2009, the figure subsequently fell to 5billion dollars in 2010.