The charts illustrate how the government of Someland distributed its annual spending across six sectors in 1980, 1990, and 2000. All figures are presented as percentages.
Overall, it is clear that higher education received the highest proportion of spending in all three years, whereas other services consistently accounted for the smallest share. Although higher education remained the dominant category, its proportion declined slightly by the end of the period.
Among the major areas of expenditure, higher education accounted for 35% in 1980, rising to 45% in 1990 before falling to 40% in 2000. K-12 education was the second-largest category in 1980 at 25%, after which it declined steadily to 20% in 1990 and 18% in 2000. Transportation showed considerable fluctuation, representing 16% of spending in 1980, dropping sharply to 6% in 1990, and then increasing significantly to 22% by 2000.
Spending on the three smaller sectors was comparatively lower. Expenditure on health and human resources rose from 14% in 1980 to 20% in 1990, before decreasing to 10% in 2000. Environmental services experienced gradual growth, increasing from 4% to 5% and then to 9% over the same period. Finally, other services received the smallest portion of the budget, falling from 6% in 1980 to 4% in 1990, and reaching just 1% in 2000