The bar chart below illustrates the amount of money spent by 18-20-year-olds in one country on five types of products in 2010 and 2014.
Overall, what stands out from the chart is that food had the highest level of spending in both years, while the expenditure of toiletries was the least among 4 types of products. Another feature is that spending of smartphones and toiletries constantly increased over the period, while books witnessed a noticeably drop and clothes remained unchanged.
Looking at the data in more detail, it can be easily seen that there was a significant increase in food, smartphones and toiletries from 2010 to 2014. Food held the top spot for spending in both years, rising from about 38 million dollars to nearly 45 million dollars. Following by smartphones which experienced a remarkably increase in expenditure from 20 million to over 25 million dollars, surpassing clothes in 2014. Spending on toiletries also had a slightly rise, climbing from about 18 million to 20 million dollars.
In contrast, the spending on books saw a significantly decline over the period. In 2010, books received the least expenditure at 10 millions dollars. This figure continued to decrease by half in 2014, making this category the lowest level of expenditure. In a similar vein, clothes remained stable throughout 4 years. It was the second-highest category in 2010, but this figure was overtaken by smartphones 4 years later.