The bar chart illustrates the amount of individuals aged 18-20 in a country spent on five categories -Food, Clothes, Books, Smartphones and Toiletries in the years 2010 and 2014.
Overall, food accounted for the largest portion of spending in both years, while expenditure for books was consistently the lowest throughout the period. There was an upward trend in spending on food, smartphones and toiletries, except for clothes and books, which either remained declined unchanged.
In 2010, young people spent much of their income on food, with nearly 3200 million dollars, followed by clothes, at 2500 million dollars. The figures for smartphones and toiletries were relatively equal at around 2000 million dollars each, which was double the expenditure on books, at just 1000 million dollars.
After 4 years, the food continued to dominate expenditure, climbing to nearly 4500 million dollars. There was the same trend in smartphones and toiletries, rising to 2600 and 2000 million dollars, respectively. Spending on clothes remained unchanged over the four years. In contrast, the amount spent on books halved, dropping to 500 million dollars, making it the category with the lowest expenditure.