Someland and local authorities
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The charts show how much local authorities spent on a range of services in Someland in three separate years: 1980, 1990 and 2000. Overall, higher education constituted the largest cost to local authorities, and while spending increased for transportation and environmental services, there were corresponding drops in expenditure on health and human resources and K-12 education In all three years, the greatest expenditure was on education. But while K-12 education saw a fall from 25% in 1980 to only 18% of spending in 2000, higher education remained the largest proportion, reaching 45% of total spending in 1990 and ending at 40% in 2000. Expenditure on health and human resources had increased to 20% by 1990 before decreasing to only 10% by the end of the period. In contrast, the share of transportation saw an opposite trend. This cost decreased to only 6% of total expenditure in 1990 but rose dramatically in 2000 when it represented 22% of the total budget. Similarly, the cost of environmental services saw a rising trend, growing from only 4% to 9% by 2000. 
The charts 
show
 how much local authorities spent on a range of services in 
Someland
 in three separate years: 1980, 1990 and 2000. 
Overall
, higher 
education
 constituted the largest cost to local authorities, and while spending increased for transportation and environmental services, there were corresponding drops in 
expenditure
 on health and human resources and K-12 
education
 In all three years, the greatest 
expenditure
 was on 
education
. 
But
 while K-12 
education
 saw
 a fall from 25% in 1980 to 
only
 18% of spending in 2000, higher 
education
 remained the largest proportion, reaching 45% of total spending in 1990 and ending at 40% in 2000. 
Expenditure
 on health and human resources had increased to 20% by 1990 
before
 decreasing to 
only
 10% by the 
end
 of the period. 
In contrast
, the share of transportation 
saw
 an opposite trend. This cost decreased to 
only
 6% of total 
expenditure
 in 1990 
but
 rose 
dramatically
 in 2000 when it represented 22% of the total budget. 
Similarly
, the cost of environmental services 
saw
 a rising trend, growing from 
only
 4% to 9% by 2000. 
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