The bar chart demonstrated the percentage of expenses based on five main directions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan for the year 2009. The information is measured by percentage.
Overall, the category of housing involved main part of countries’ expenses except for Japan. Daily lifestyle needs such as food, housing and transportation surrounded the essential part of expenditures for all countries. For instance, Housing expenses were more than 25% in United States, approximately 25% in the United Kingdom, and more than 20% in Canada and Japan. Additionally, Food expenditures per cent rose from 10% to 25% for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan, respectively. Furthermore, Transportation charge’s percent was in Canada with 20%. The percentage of other countries was between 10% and 20%.
On the other hand, the expense percentage for health care and clothing differentiated dramatically with other options. For example, the rate of health care was the most in the United States with roughly 10%, adversely, the least in the United Kingdom with between 5% and 10% and also equal to each other for Canada and Japan. Moreover, Clothing expenditures encompassed relatively equal rate for each country and fluctuated around 5%.