The graph below shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany France Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005

The graph demonstrates the expenditure on books in four countries from 1995 to 2005.
From a general view, the spending of germany, france, italy, and austria on books increases over a 10-year period. In addition, the expense of germany was by far the highest over the researched period.

As can be seen from the chart, despite having a slight fluctuation in spending on books, German citizens always spent the most money on books, and the expenditure peaked at 95 million us dollars in 2005. In 1995, austria had the lowest standing for spending on books. However, after increasing slightly, austria’s expenses went up dramatically from 2001 to 2005 and reached the third position in over four countries with 70 million us dollars.

From 1995 to 1997, the expenditures on books in france and italy are nearly as much as each other. From then on, the distance in spending on books between these two countries began to grow. The spending on books in france went up moderately over a 10-year period, from 55 to 75 million us dollars. From 1995 to 1999, italy experienced a small variation, in the next period, the expenditure of italy increased steadily and reached a peak at 62 million us dollars.