Band 9: The chart shows the percentage of household expenditure on goods and services in a country from 1995 to 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph compares the proportion of domestic spending on goods and services in one nation over a decade, starting from 1995.

Overall, both transport and housing showed an upward trajectory throughout the period, while the opposite trend was recorded in the remaining two categories. By comparison, food and drinks were initially the most common category, before being overtaken by housing by the end of the period. Additionally, the percentage of spending on transport consistently remained the lowest.

Regarding the categories that experienced a decline, the rate of spending on food and drinks was around 32% in 1995, seven percentage points higher than that of other goods and services. However, while the latter experienced a marginal decline from exactly 25% to 23% over one decade, the figure for food and drinks dropped moderately from 32% to 24% by 2005.

Turning to the remaining figures, the rate of expenditure on housing accounted for 28% in 1995, nearly double that of transport, which amounted to exactly 15%. Over a decade, both figures climbed slightly to 34% and 19% by 2005, respectively, with the proportion of spending on housing taking the lead by the end of the period.