The bar chart presents the expenditure by teenagers from 18-20 year olds in one specific region on five distinct products between 2010 and 2014, with data given in millions.
Overall, food recorded the highest sales among both periods with a notable increase in 2014, while smartphones showed the most significant increase over the years, books experienced a dramatic decrease. Additionally, clothes and toiletries both maintained stable figures of money spent during the whole timeframe, with toiletries having a modest increase.
Regarding the highest spending categories, the most sales was recorded in food, dominating most of teenager’s spending budget at approximately 3700 millions in 2010, then rose up to around 4300 in 2014, maintaining its top position. Similarly, for smartphone, increased even more dramatically from 2000 to 2700 millions in the final period, marking the largest growth achieved among all products.
Concerning the remaining categories, in 2010, clothes accounted for about 2500 millions, while books only achieved 1000. By 2014, clothes figure remained unchanged, whereas books sales plummeted dramatically to only 500 millions, showing the most devastating decrease. Moreover, toiletries witnessed a slight increase, moving from 1900 to 2000 millions in the end.