The three pie charts compare how much money was spent on the six different categories each year by Someland local authorities in 1980, 1990, and 2000.
Overall, it is clear that while the expenditure on higher education, transportation, and environmental services witnessed an upward trend, the opposite was true for the other sectors. Additionally, the most notable distribution percentage was recorded in higher education in all three years.
In 1980, at 35% of total money was spent on higher education institutions. Over the next 10 years, the allocation of funds to this sector staggeringly increased by 10% (the highest proportion in the chart). However, this figure slightly decreased to 40% in 2000. Similarly, another increase can be seen in vehicles usage sector, this data gradually rose from 16% in the initial to 22% in 2000 despite the decrease of 10% in 1990. Moreover, there was a modest growth from 4% to 9% in the data for environmental services during the period shown.
In stark contrast, the amount of budgets was allocated to K-12 education saw a remarkable decline, after reaching 14%, the second-highest at the starting point, this figure significantly dropped to 18% in 2000. Health and human services witnessed a rise from 14% to 20% in the first 10 years, but then it significantly climbed by 10% in 2000. Furthermore, the expenditure on other sources decreased slightly from 6% to 1% during the whole period.
