The given bar chart compares the expenditure by 18-20 age group in one specific nation on five distinct product categories between 2010 qnd 2014. All the figures are presented in million units.
Overall, it is evident that spending patterns showed mixed trends during the 4-year period, with smartphones and food witnessed the largest growth while the opposite was true for books. In addition, food remained the dominant expenditure category throughout both years.
Looking more closely at the figures, at the starting point, the spending on food by 18-20 years old was around 3,700 million, significantly higher than smartphone spending at 2,000 million. Subsequently, while the figure for food experienced a gradual rise to about 4,200 million in 2014, smartphones expenditure increased dramatically to 2,800 million at the end of the timeline.
Regarding the remaining categories, clothes, books and toiletries represented varied patterns. In 2010, clothes accounted for 2,500 million, books registered 1,000 million and toiletries made up 1,900 million. By 2014, the figure for books plummeted to 500 million, marking the smallest expenditure category over the period, while clothe purchases remained unchanged. Finally, toiletries saw a modest increase to 2,000 million at the last year counted.