The pie charts compare UK and New Zealand in terms of expenditure of their citizens, categorizing into five groups in the years of 1980 and 2008.
Overall, it is evident that in the UK a leisure was by far the most money spent category while in New Zealand utility bills were top-spent group over the given time period.
In 1980, UK citizens spent 49% of their budget on consuming and service with bills being more popular category. After 28 years, sales for food fell to 13% on budget of people, while sales for utility bills rose by 2%, reaching 28% of all spendings. Leisure activities acquired 27% of expenditure in 1980 and rose by 7% in 2008. Spendings on transport fell from 15% to 14% of all budget while other expenses accounted for 9% in 1980 and 11% at the end of the period.
People of New Zealand spent 56% of their budget in consuming and service during 1980 and it remained constant with utility bills (31%) overtaking foods and drinks(25%) in 2008. Proportion of leisure activities dropped fromm 18% to 17% throughout the period, while other expenses rose by 2% from 9%. Expenditure in transport accounted for 17% in 1980 and fell by 1% in 2008.