The bar chart gives information on the share of spending on different categories, namely food and drinks, housing, transport and other goods and services in a nation over a ten-year period, commencing with 1995.
Overall, it is apparent that expenditure on eating and drinking topped the chart in the begining, but it was surpassed by spending on housing at the end of the period. Also noteworthy is that expenditure on transport and accommodation exhibited an upward trend, while the figures for food and beverages and other items took the opposite pattern.
In 1995, there was 32% of spending on eating and drinking, making it the most prevalent category. This was closely followed by accommodation expenditure, as its figure stood at approximately 28%, which was 3 percentage points higher than that of other products and services. Meanwhile, in last position was transport spending, at 15%.
Afterwards, the expenditure on foodstuffs and beverages witnessed a pronounced decline, at roughly 24%. Likewise, what was spent on other goods and services decrease slightly to just under a quarter. In contrast, there was a significant growth in transport and housing expenditure, as their corresponding figures ended at 19% and almost 35%. Notably, households spent the most on housing at the end of the period.