The bar chart illustrates a comparative overview of spending money on five major categories in four different nations in 2009.
Overall, while all countries spent a significant amount of money on the Housing area, the health care sector where countries spent the least.
Upon analysis, the United States and Canada took the lead in the housing sector which accounted for 26 percent and 21 percent, followed by the transportation sector with 18 percent and 20 percent respectively. Conversely, the clothing sector had the least money spent by the United States whereas Canada spent the least money on the healthcare sector.
In terms of the United Kingdom and Japan, the United Kingdom’s highest expense went to the housing sector with 24 percent. It was followed closely by the food category with 20 percent while the UK spent less money on the healthcare area which stood at 2 percent. Meanwhile, the highest expenditure for Japan was in the food sector, accounting for 23 percent, and the housing sector was the second highest expense, which had a slight gap between the two sectors, with 22 percent. Unlike the other nations, health care and clothing, which were the least amount spent by Japan, were relatively the same with 4 percent respectively in 2009.