The given pie charts compare the proportions of the British and New Zealanders expenditure on different categories in the years 1980 and 2008. The categories include food and drink, utility bills, transport, leisure and other expenses.
Overall, it can be seen that the percentages of leisure and utility bills made up majority of the UK peoples expenditure in both years, while edible products and utility bills accounted for that of the New Zealand people. Additionally, the remaining expenses stayed relatively constant in both countries.
In the first year, the most spent categories in UK and New Zealand were leisure at 27% and edible products with 29% in that order, while the second place was utility bills with roughly a quarter of peoples spending for both countries. Twenty-eight years later, the figure for leisure spending of UK stayed the leading position with a slight increase to 34%, whereas the proportion for that of the New Zealanders experienced a reduce by 1% from the initial 18%. Regarding the percentage of utility bills, the figure for UK witnessed a minor rise by 2%, while that of New Zealand grew to almost a third of the peoples spending. Moreover, the spending on food and drink of the British, which was 23% in 1980, dropped by 10%, the figure for New Zealand followed the same trend with a proportion of 25%.
In 1980, the people of UK allocated 15% of their budget on transport, this was by 2% higher than the proportion for the New Zealanders, however, both countries had the same percentage of 9% for money spent on other sections. By 2008, the figure for other expenses of UK and New Zealand stayed similar with an proportion of 11%, while the spending on transport of both countries shrunk by 1%.