The three pie charts below describe the breakdown of costs at a Canadian University in 2000, 2005 and 2021.
Summarise the information in the charts and make comparisons where appropriate.
Answer
The three pie charts show the breakdown of spending at a particular university in Canada in 2000, 2005 and 2021.
Salaries made up the largest part of expenditure in all three years for which data has been provided (2000, 2005 and 2021). Academic salaries made up 39% of the total cost in 2000 and this figure increased to 49% in 2005 before decreasing to 44% in 2021. In contrast, technical and administrative salaries have declined steadily and were 29%, 23% and 16% in the years 2000, 2005 and 2021, respectively.
The remaining budget was spent on consumables, equipment and insurance. The spending on consumables was in the range of 14-18% in 2000, 2005 and 2021, while the spending on equipment varied widely in the 3 years provided and was in the range of 7-16% of the total budget. Insurance costs made up a very *all percentage of the overall budget at 2-4% in 2000 and 2005 but this
figure jumped to 8% in 2021.