The provided bar chart illustrates the expenditure of five products consuming people aged from 18 to 20 years with a range of 4 years, from 2010 to 2014.
Overall, it can be clearly seen that not only food experienced an upward trend of consumption but also items such as smartphones and toiletries. However, books, conversely, fell considerably in their sales, whereas the clothes section remained stable.
To be more precise, it is evident that in both years the largest sum was outlaid on food, increasing from 37 to just under 45 million dollars over the period given. In terms of other items, which saw a rise in their sales, smartphones and toiletries from 20 and 17 to 27 and 20 figures.
Taking the books segment, it experienced a dramatic decline, decreasing twice, from 10 to only 5 million dollars per year. Only the clothes section was unchanged, saving the annual spending on it. It showed 25 million dollars in 2010 as well as in 2014.
