The bar chart illustrates how much money, in thousands of pounds, was spent on six categories of consumer goods in Belgium, Spain, Austria and Britain.
Overall, Britain outspent the other three nations in every category, whereas Belgium’s spending was consistently the lowest. A further notable trend is that expenditure tended to rise from console games through to cameras, particularly in Britain and Austria.
British consumers spent most heavily on cameras and toys, at approximately £170,000 and £167,000 respectively, compared with only £156,000 on console games. Austria followed a similar pattern, with camera spending peaking at around £166,000, although the country recorded the lowest figure on the chart for outdoor game accessories, at just £141,000.
Belgium, by contrast, showed remarkable stability, fluctuating narrowly between £144,000 and £150,000 across all six products. Spain occupied the middle ground throughout, spending roughly £150,000 on console games and rising steadily to around £156,000 on both toys and cameras.