The graph shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and

Austria between 1995 and 2005

The line graph illustrates the amount of money spent on books in four different
countries from 1995 to 2005.
Overall, it is obvious that German people spent the most compared to the other
3 countries. However, the amount of money in all four countries seemed to have
increased gradually over the 10-year period.
In 1995, German spent almost $80 million on books while the figure for France
was approximately $55 million and Italy for $50 million, whereas, it was much
lower in Australia for about $30 million. From 1995 to 1999, while other
countries were tend to increased very rapidly, there was some fluctuations in the
amount of money spent in Italy. It reached the number of about $55 million in
1997 then gradually decreased to below $50 million, which was its lowest point
in general.
During the period of time between 1999 and 2003, there was a steady increase
in the expenditure of France and Italy. Whereas, the amount of money spent in
Australia flutuated the most. It varied not much and remained in an average of
$40 million during 2 years 1999 and 2001, then it significantly increased to
reached the amount of $60 million. In general, spending on books saw a gradual
increased throughout the remainder of the period in all 4 countries which
reached the highest amount of almost $100 million in Germany.