The bar graph delineates the expenditures on five distinct goods by the 18-20 demographic from 2010 to 2014.
Overall, it is evident that spending by the 18-20 age group in all categories experienced an upward trajectory throughout the time frame, except for clothes and books. Another notable feature is that the rankings of two figures were swapped during the period.
Regarding the three most common items, expenditures on food consistently maintained the leading position, with approximately 3700 million in 2010 before dramatically surging to around 4400 million by 2014. Clothing ranked second, with precisely 2500 million spent by late teens and young adults. Nevertheless, due to their relative stability, this figure was surpassed by that of smartphones over the next four years. Starting at exactly 2000 million, the costs associated with smartphones experienced a remarkable leap to around 2700 million in 2014.
With respect to the remaining categories, around 1900 million was initially allocated to toiletries before marginally crawling to 2000 million after a 4-year period. Books were the least popular items among those in the 18-20 bucket, with merely 1000 million spent. Unlike the aforementioned products, the year 2014 witnessed a twofold descent to 500 million in young individuals aged 18-20 spending on this item.