The bar charts give information about the percentage of people’s total expenditure on different commodities and services in an unspecified country in two years: 1998 and 2008.
Overall,while the proportion of people who spend money on clothing and electronic goods rose after a decade, the share of people who expend money on holidays, going to the cinema, and buying newspapers or magazines decreased. In the meantime, the index of expenditure for eating out stayed stable.
The expenditure patterns for clothing and electronic goods changed insignificantly throughout the given period. In 1998, the indication of expenditure on clothing was at 12%, whereas the percentage of electronic goods, which was the highest indication in 1998, was at 16%. After a decade, the expenditure patterns increased so much that the percentage of people who spend money on clothing and electronic goods experienced negligible growth of 4% and 6%, respectively.
The expenditure patterns of holidays, newspapers and magazines, and going to the cinema witnessed a shift too, but reversely to that of clothing and electronic goods. The proportion of these three commodities was 8%, 3%, and 3% in 1998, respectively. However, in 2008, the proportion of expenditure on holidays underwent a decrease of 3%, and that of newspapers and magazines and going to cinema witnessed a downgrade of 2%, which was the most negligible decrease, and turned to the one commodity that people spend the least on.