The graph below shows how money was spent on different forms of entertainment over a five-year period.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
The bar chart compares the expenditure of Asia, Europe and the USA for five different types of entertainment in the year 1995 and 2000.
Overall, it is clear from the graph that the figures for the USA were by far highest during the research period. Moreover, all the given three nations, Asia, Europe and the US experienced increases in their figures.
A glance at the graph reveals that in 1995, 184 billion dollars were spent by the Americans for entertainment purposes and publishing accounted for the largest amount, at around 75 billion dollars. Meanwhile, the figures for Europe and Asia were significantly lower, at 97 and 67 billion dollars respectively. While approximately 40 billion dollars were spent on publishing by the Europeans, however, the number for Asia was slightly lower, at around 30 billion dollars.
Probing further, in 2000, the figure for the USA was still the highest, at over 250 billion dollars, while the amount of money spent by the Asians and Europeans was considerably lower, at 110 billion and 131 billion dollars respectively. Additionally, money spent by Asia, Europe and the USA on cinema was the lowest, at under 10 billion dollars each. Likewise, only 15 billion dollars were spent on video in Europe, compared to around 10 billion dollars in Asia.
