The chart illustrates the variety of spending goods and services through online in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom over a year.
Overall, the country that had purchased the most was the United Kingdom, with the highest category item of music and books, while the least expenditure was financial services.
Canada ranked second when it comes to buying items online compared to the United Kingdom, spending most on books and computer equipment at around 45%. The expenditure on music was also high compared to DVDs/videos, financial services and food and drink. In contrast, toys were recorded to be the lowest in under 5% of spending, which is quite similar to the spending of the United Kingdom at financial services.
Australia seemed to have almost the same spending rate of items compared to Canada, with books and computer equipment showing relatively similar figures at just over 40%. Spending on music and DVDs/videos was moderate, though lower than that of the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, food and drink, and financial services recorded comparatively lower percentages, with toys being the least purchased category by Australia (around 5%).
