The given line graph illustrates data about how much money was expended on books in 4 different countries such as: Germany, France, Italy and Austria over a ten – year period, starting from 1995 to 2005.
Overall, despite some fluctuations in Germany and Italy, there was an increase in the amount of money allocated to books, with Austria experiencing the most dramatic figures. In addition, the highest governmental funding for books belonged to Germany.
Commencing at 50 million dollars, the government budget spent on books in Italy experienced a slight oscillation in the range of around 50 and 60 million dollars between 1995 and 2004 before ending the period at about $62 million in 2005. Besides, similar changes can be seen in the figures for Germany to a greater extent, which started at 80 million dollars, followed by a moderate variation between 80 and 90 million US dollars from 1995 to 2004. Although the most remarkable figures were not associated with Germany, the government’s coffers allotted to books in this nation were always the lead compared to three remaining countries and reached a record high of about 95 million dollars in 2005.
Regarding the government expenditure on books in France, it stood at approximately 55 million dollars in 1995, with a subsequent rise to nearly $70 million in 2001. Similarly, the figures for Austria had the same trend to a lower extent from 1995 to 2001 compared with France, in which the 30 million dollars’ worth of governmental funding was invested from the beginning of the stage and increased by $10 million in 2001. In the last 3 years, from 2002 to 2005, while the amount of money budgeted for books in France displayed a marginal growth and peaked at about 75 million dollars at the end of the period, those of Austria demonstrated a more noticeable direction and a final leap to more than 70 million in 2005.