The bar chart illustrates the average monthly expense of a UK household for utility bills, transport, rent, entertainment, and groceries in the years 1990, 2000, and 2010.The amounts are given in pounds sterling.
Overall, the biggest amount of money was spent on rent in all the years, followed by groceries. In contrast, least amount of money was spent on entertainment as well as on utility bills. Notably, there were significant differences in the money allocated on rent, transport and utility bills throughout the timeframe.
In 1990, the money spent on rent was 450 pounds,which increased significantly to 520 in 2000 and continued to rise, reached a peak of 600 in 2010, hitting the highest point on the chart.People in UK spent more than 300 and 100 pounds for groceries and entertainment, respectively in all years given.
For the remaining categories, money spent for transport was well under 200, this followed by an considerable increase to 220 in 200 and almost 250 in 2010.The expenditure for utility bills was much lower starting at under 100 at the beginning of the year before rising slightly by 10 in 2000,and reaching at 250 pounds in 2010.