The bar chart illustrates information on the expenditure preference of citizens in four countries on different products in the year of 2012 , measured in thousand pounds string.
Overall, it is evident that the amount of money the British spent was more than any of the other nations in all categories. Additionally, books, toys and cameras were consumed the least in Belgium, while the spending habit in Austria was similar for the remaining three categories.
To begin with, there was a similar pattern in the amount of money spent on console games, outdoor game accessories and cosmetics. The figures of Britain took the lead at 156, 157 and 160 thousand pounds, respectively, followed by that in Spain with 150 thousand pounds on console games and 154 on the other two goods. Next, while the expenditure habit on the three products of Belgium ranked third with approximately 148 thousand pounds on average, at the bottom position was the spending preference of Austria, holding 143 thousand pounds on average.
Regarding books, toys and cameras, the same figure can be observed in the three categories during this period. In similarity, the top position was held by the expenditure habit of Britain with the largest amount of money spent on cameras at 170 thousand pounds. Interestingly, the spending habit of Austria overtook the second position with 157, 156 and 165 thousand pounds, respectively, accompanied by that of Spain with the average of 155 thousand pounds and the figure of Belgium took the bottom position with 145 thousand pounds on average.
