The displayed table illustrates the percentage of annual expenditure by college students from three countries spent on various living expenses.
Overall, it can be seen that Country A has the highest total annual spending for students , while the smallest total costs are accounted for by Country C. In addition, in almost all of the provided countries, accommodation constitutes the largest proportion of expenditure, except in Country C.
Regarding Country A, the students’ budget expended across all categories is the highest, at $5,000, and accommodation, which is the largest proportion, registers at 45% of the expenditure. In addition, spending on the food and leisure categories records a precisely similar portion, accounting for 22% each of the total expenditure.
On the other hand, in Country B, students spend the largest share on accommodation, at 35%, whereas the expenditure for the others category is the lowest figure, at 5%. By contrast, 36% of the total is reported on food, which is the biggest share in Country C, but the expenditure for others is relatively low, at only 1% of the total.