The given chart illustrates the amount of money young people spent on five consumer goods in 2010 and 2014.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is the figure of both periods experienced a downward trend. In addition, spending on books was the highest throughout the period, while books consistently received the lowest amount of money. Furthermore, clothes had the same spending in both 2010 and 2014.
Regarding the highest spending, food, people in 2010 spent about 38$ on this and the figure increased slightly by 6$ to reach 44$ in 2014. In contrast, the expenditure on books was the lowest, and it was also the category that experienced a decline, being cut in half, from 10$ to 5$ over the same period.
On the other hand, spending on clothes remained unchanged at 25$ in both years. Expenditure on smartphones grew significantly from 20$ in 2010 to approximately 27$ in 2014, becoming the second largest category. Similarly, the amount of money spent on toiletries saw a slight increase from 18$ to 20$.
