The line graph elucidates the sum of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005.
Overall, the amount of money spent on books in all four countries increased significantly, but it rose dramatically in Austria. Germany allocated the largest proportion of money to books among all four nations in all ten years period, while Austria’s expenditure on books climbed from being the nation with the smallest proportion of spending on books to becoming the country with the third-largest spending on books.
The amount of money spent on books in Germany surged from around $80 million in 1995 to nearly $90 million in 1999, but it decreased to nearly $85 million in 2003. The sum of money spent on books in Germany showed a steady increase in the following years and reached nearly $95 million in 2005. The amount of money allocated to books in Austria rose from around $30 million in 1995 to approximately $40 million in 1999, and then it surged to nearly $71 million in 2005.
France’s spending on books increased steadily from around $58 million in 1995 to approximately $77 million in 2005. Italy’s expenditure on books climbed from around $50 million in 1995 to nearly $56 million in 1997, but it declined to nearly $49 million in 1999. Italy’s spending on books displayed a significant rise in the following years and reached nearly $62 million in 2005.