The given line graph gives a breakdown of the amount of money spent on books in four various countries over the period between 1995 and 2005.
It is obvious that Germany was dominant during the period in terms of the quantity of finance for books among the given countries.
Looking at the graph in detail, in 1995, roughly 55 and 30 million dollars were paid for books in France and Austria, respectively. And in the next few years, both of its figures witnessed significant increases, except for the statistics between 1999 and 2001 in Austria, which remained unchanged. Consequently, at the end of the period, their fractions of finance for purchasing books were almost equal, with a margin of about 2 million dollars, constituting 75 and 72 million dollars, respectively.
When it comes to Germany and Italy, they faced several fluctuations in the given years. Starting with 80 million dollars on buying this item, its numbers rose gradually by the year 1999; the next 4 years, it experienced a decline of about 5 million dollars; and after 2003, it again went up noticeably to approximately 95 million dollars in terms of buying books. The figure for Italy was 50 million dollars in 1995, and it soared moderately until the end of the period, except for the years between 1997 and 1999. And Italy invested over 60 million dollars in buying books in 2005.