The pie chart compares the proportions of expenditure done on five household categories namely food & drink, utility bills, transport, leisure and others in the UK and New Zealand in 1980 and 2008.
Overall, it is evident that despite fluctuations in the spending pattern, people of the UK preferred leisure the most. While in New Zealand the most expenditure was done on utility bills. In addition, the least expenditure was done on other expenses in both countries.
Regarding leisure, utility bills, and other expenses, the spending of UK households on leisure accounted for 27% of total expenditure in 1980, this figure increased to 7% in 2008. By contrast, a slight decrease of 1% was seen for New Zealand’s household spending on leisure for the same period. The expenditures on utility bills for both nations increased by 2% and 4%, respectively. Likewise, there was an increase of 2% for other expenses.
Turning to food & drink and transport, we can see that there was a significant drop in spending on food & drink in the UK and New Zealand of 10% and 4%, respectively in 2008. Furthermore, the expenditure on transport for both nations decreased by 1% in the same period.