The bar chart illustrates the amount of money spent on five products by 18-20-year-olds in one county between 2010 and 2014.
Overall, spending on all five products increased over the period. Food accounted for by far the highest expenditure, reaching around 4,400 million dollars in 2014, while books consistently recorded the lowest amount of spending.
In 2010, spending on food was the highest among the five categories, at approximately 3,600 million dollars, while expenditure on smartphones stood at around 2,000 million . Over the following four years, both figures increased significantly, with food rising to about 4,400 million dollars in 2014, and smartphone spending reaching roughly 2,600 million. Spending on clothes and toiletries was noticeably lower than expenditure on food and smartphones in both years. In 2010, spending on clothes amounted to around 2,500 million dollars and increased to approximately 3,000 million by 2014 . A similar upward trend was seen in toiletries, which rose from about 1,900 million to nearly 2,000 million. By contrast, books accounted for the lowest level of spending throughout the period, with expenditure declining from roughly 1,000 million to about 500 million dollars..