Band 6+: The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009.

The bar chart illustrates the spending on five distinct items in America, Canada, Britain and Japan in 2009.

From an overall perspective, it is evident that while four countries spent mostly on Housing, the expenditures on Health Care and Clothing both accounted for the least.

As can be seen, the US spent mostly on Housing and Transportation, with nearly 26% and 18%, respectively. The spending on food was less than both housing and transportation, just accounting for roughly 15%. However, the citizens in America spent the least on healthcare and clothing, with 7% and 4%, respectively. In Canada, the spending on housing and transportation accounted for the largest, compared to other factors, with approximately 20%, following with the expenditure on food chewed up at 15%, ranked the third. Finally, the remaining sectors occupied with around 5%.

Regarding the chart, whereas Food and Housing both in the UK and Japan cost the highest, around 20 to 25%, the spent on other factors took up less than Food and Housing. Furthermore, it is clear that Health Care in Britain made up the lowest in general.