Band 6+: The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by local authorities in Someland in 1980, 1990 and 2000. Summarize the information and compare where relevant, by selecting and reporting the key features. You should write at least 150 words.

The graphs illustrate the proportion of changes in annual expenditure by local authorities in Someland in 1980, 1990 and 2000.

Overall, it can be seen that authorities always spend the most significant amount of money on Higher Education, while the opposite was true for Environmental services and Other.

First of all, in 1980 it evidently can be observed that the percentage of Higher Education was highest with 35%, which was followed by K-12 Education with 25%. After 20 years, the proportion of Higher Education reached a peak at 45% in 1990 before decreasing to 40% in 2000, while that of K-12 Education constantly dropped to 18% in 2000.

Besides, in 1980, the authorities allocated about 15% for both Transportation and Health and Human resources. By 1990, while the former experienced an increasing trend to 20%, the latter witnessed a significant downward trend to only 6%. In 2000, 22% was the percentage of Transportation, which approximately doubled that of Health and human resources after being declined with 10%. The total figure for Environmental services and Other were 10% in 1980, after 20 years, the former was dominated with 9% compared to the latter with only 1%.