Week 2

Nguyn Quang Huy - Graph 2

The graph illustrates the expenditure on books in four European

countries from 1995 to 2005. Overall, it is obvious that the expenditure
on books in all the nations experienced an upward trend and the
German spent the most.
More specifically, in Germany, there was a gradual increase from 80%
to 90% in the amount of money spent in the first four years, followed
by a steady fall by approximately 5% to 85% from 1999 to 2003. In the
last 2 years, the expenditure on books climbed to 95% on 2005.
Similarly, French, Italian and Austrian spent more money on books over
the ten-year period. Among three countries, the expenditure on books
in France was the highest with a relatively dramatic growth from 55%
in 1995 to 75% in 2005. In comparison with France, the amount of
money spent on books in Austria experienced the most significant rise
by about 250% from 30% to 70%, while that in Italy slowly increased
from 50% in 1995 to 62% in 2005.
Overall, this is a very good description of the data from the graph.