Writing task 1: pie chart

The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by local authorities in Someland in 1980, 1990 and 2000.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Expenditure by local authorities in Someland ( Im sorry but I dont know how to paste the image)

Answer:

The pie charts compare the differences in expenditures of the Government in Some Land in three years 1980, 1990, and 2000.

Overall, as can be seen, the proportion of spending on transportation and health & human resources experienced a dramatic fluctuation. A visible trend is that higher education accounted for the largest expenditure on some areas.

The government spent the percentage of their income on higher education in 1980 with 35%, and it reached the highest point in 1990 at 45%, compared with 40% in 2000. The rate of expenditure on K-12 education was 25% in 1980. The figure for 1990 and 2000 fell gradually, to 20% and 18% respectively. However, local authorities spent a significantly lower proportion on environmental services, which increased from 4% to 5% between 1980 and 1990, and there was a slight rise in 2000.

In terms of transportation, there was 6% of annual spending in 1980, in comparison with 6% of those in 1990 and 22% in 2000. Likewise, the period from 1980 to 1990 witnessed a small growth in health and human resources’expenditure, at 14% and 20% respectively. In 2000, the spending on health and human resources halved in comparison to 1990, at 10%.