The provided pie charts depict information about whether how much budget was spent in China across different fields of necessities over 16 years period. Overall, in both periods considerable amount of money was spent on food, while the reverse was true for medicine.
In detail, food accounted for the largest share of household expenses in 1995, making up around 59% of total spending. However, by 2011, this figure had dropped sharply to approximately 35%. Spending on clothing also declined from about 13% to just below 9%, while housing expenditure decreased slightly from around 12% to 10%.
On the other hand, education and health-related expenses grew considerably over the years. Education spending rose from nearly 3% in 1995 to 10% in 2011. Health expenditure also increased, more than doubling from 3% to roughly 7%. Spending on other essentials showed a modest rise as well, from about 10% to 18%.