Band 6+: The chart below gives information about how families in one country spend their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given bar graph depicts a comparative analysis of how people from a certain country allocated their per-week income in 1968 and in 2018.

Overall, while food expenses experienced a decline, on the other hand, housing, transport, and leisure accelerated expenses.

To begin with, in 1968 food expenses had increased considerably, which was the highest proportion among the bar graph provided with all data, and it accounted for nearly 35%; however, these expenses dwindled drastically in 2018, and it was over 15%. Conversely, housing had a significant drop in 1968, averaging 10%, to approximately 18%, a substantial rise in 2018. Additionally, transport and leisure both were in a decline phase, accounting for transport at around 8% in 1968 and leisure at about 9% in the same year. Nevertheless, some expenses have gone up, including transport, near 15%; on the other hand, leisure is up numerously, almost 23% in 2018.

Lastly, other categories such as fuel, clothing and footwear, and personal goods all followed the similar trend: expenses increased in 1968, all remaining below 10%, and in 2018 decreased below 5%. Moreover, household goods had the same amount of expenses in both years, which was below 10% among all categories.