Band 6+: The bar chart below gives information about five countries spending habits of shopping on consumer goods in 2012. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the expenditure on consumer goods in 2012.

Overall, expenditure on items, including books, toys and cameras were highest in every country, except for Belgium. Britain ranked first in all countries, while Austria had the lowest spending on other goods .

Starting with highest expenditure goods, cameras is marginally higher in Britain than in Austria, with 170 compared to around 165 pounds. In Britain, the figure for toys accounted the highest expenditure, with around 168, whereas Austria spent the same amount of money as the Spain, at approximately 157 pounds. Similarly, book sales in Britain were higher than in Belgium by a margin of roughly 20 pounds.

Turning to the expenditure categories, in Britain, sales of console games stood at 160 pounds. A similar pattern can be seen in outdoor game accessories, Britain’s figure was 14 pounds higher than Austria. As for console games, the figure made up around 156 in Britain, while the sales in Austria and Belgium were lower (at 145 and 142, respectively).