The given bar chart illusrtrates how much food and goods bought in supermarkets in European regions in two different years 1998 and 2008. The information is categorized by three countries.
Overall, it is evident that in both products, all three countries had high statistics in 2008, while the year 1998 showed the lowest rates in the first and third countries in terms of both product.
The proportion of food bought in supermartkets in 1998 was slightly lower compared to the year 2008, at for first country 10%, for second approximately 23%, and for third just over 5%. Unlikely, in 2008, the numbers increased noticeably to 35%, nearly 27%, and 7%, respectively. The first country witnessed a dramatic growth reaching a top from second lowest.
With respect to the shares of goods bought in supermarkets in 1998, the perssentages were slight lower in two countries, first and third, compared to the poportion of food statistics, about approximately 3% and 1%, while second country’s statistics were higher slightly, at almost 25%. In 2008, similarly to figure for food in all countries shares of goods bought increased to appoximately 39%, 26%, and 14%, respectively