The chart illustrates household spending on four activities in Germany from 2000 to 2020.
Overall, the chart shows four categories: food, housing, entertainment, and transport. In both years, people spent the largest proportion on food and housing. In 2000, spending on food was nearly 50 percent, and spending on housing was almost the same. However, in 2020, people spent more on housing than on food, with housing at about 40 percent. This shows that people continued to spend a large amount on basic needs such as eating and living at home.
Moving on to transport and entertainment, spending on transport was almost the same in both years. However, in 2000, people spent about 30 percent on entertainment, while in 2020 this figure decreased to just over 20 percent. This shows that spending on entertainment fell over the period.
Spending on some categories increased, while others decreased between 2000 and 2020. The amount of money spent on food rose slightly over the period, whereas spending on the other categories dropped. However, some figures increased again in later years.