The three pie charts illustrate the difference in yearly expenditure by local government in Someland for the years 1980, 1990 and 2000.
Overall, higher education made up the largest cost. Additionally, except for the costs of transportation and environmental services, all other expenses decreased.
Initially, a substantial of 35% of the total expense was allocated to higher education, before rising to 45% in 1990 and felling by a slight 55 in the final year. Conversely, that of K-12education experienced a gradual decrease from 255 to 18% in three years.
As for the remaining expenses, the proportion of money spent on transportation and environmental services increased. The percentages of the former declined by 10% in the first two years, but then went up to 222 in the last year. At about 4%, a tiny amount of money was distributed to environmental services, followed by more than a two-fold increase to 9% in 2000. In contrast, the cost of health and human resources climbed to 20% in 1990, then fell by 10% in 2000. Started at 6%, the financial outlay for other sector went down to a minor percentage (1%) during the whole period.