The pie chart depicts the difference between the percentages of household spending in the UK and New Zealand from 1980 to 2008.
As can be seen from the chart, food & drink, leisure, and utility bills were the most spent by households in the UK and New Zealand in both years. On the other hand, transport expenditure and other expenditure were less popular then the three above expenditures.
In the UK, most expenditures increased after 28 years from 1980, and the opposite was true for food & drink, and transport during the period. Leisure spending accounted for about three-tenths of total expenditures. It accounted for 27% in 1980 and then grew by 7% to 34% in 2008. Besides, utility bills spending and other spending both went up by 2% each after 28 years. The former accounted for 26% and the latter accounted for 9% in 1980. The proportion of transport spending changed almost insignificantly over the years and it went down from 15% to 14%. The last was food & drink spending, it accounted for 23% in 1980, after which it fell to 13% in 2008.
In New Zealand, other spending had the same percentage as in the UK and it ranked last compared to the four remaining expenditures. Food & drink spending and utility bills spending accounted for the highest proportion at both years mentioned above. The former decreased by 4% to 25% and the latter rose 4% to 31% from 1980 to 2008. However, leisure spending accounted for 18% and then declined by 1% to 17%. With a starting point of 17%, transport also decreased by 1% like above expenditure.