In the diagram, data illustrates information about the spending habits of people in the UK between 1975 and 2000. The data is categorized into petrol, computers, furniture, restaurants, cars, foods, and books.
Overall, petrol, furniture, and restaurants got the highest percentage in 1975, but in 2000 cars and food took the top in spending of the UK population.
In 1975, petrol was leading the spending rate of UK citizens with 36%, in the second there was furniture with 32% percent, and restaurants were third with 25% of the UK spending. At last position but not worth one was computers with 7%.
However, by 2000, spending priorities had shifted dramatically. Cars became the primary area of expenditure with 43%, while the share of spending on petrol dropped drastically to just 8%. Restaurants and furniture decreased to 14% and 8%. But computers increased to 12%, while food was 14% and books were the least one, representing 1%.