The provided pie chart illustrates the distribution of spending on essential items in China in 1995 and 2011.
From a general overview, it is evident that chart represents four sectors: food, clothing, medicine, and household. The largest proportion of the budget was food and the lowest amount was medicine.
To begin with, in 1995 food had the highest percentage, despite the drop from 68% to 59% by 2011. In contrast, the lowest segment was medicine budget which made up only 4%. Although it grew to 11% in 2011, it still remained the minor position of the graph.
In addition, clothing had the most stable expences due to the fact that it dropped only by 1%, from 19% in 1995 to 18% in 2011. Moreover, household spending rose from 9% to 12% over 16 years.
