The bar chart illustrates the proportion of spending on goods and services of households in a nation between 1995 to 2005.
Overall, despite some fluctuations, there was an upward trend in food and drinks and other goods and services, contrasting sharply with transport and housing, which either experienced a decline over the period. It is important to note that while housing was initially the highest category in 1995, it was eventually overtaken by food and drinks, which rose to dominate the bar chart in 2005. all categories remained lower the given period.
Looking first at 1995, housing was the category which started the highest of the period at approximately 34% ,whereas two categories ( other goods and services and meals and beverages) were making up roughly 22% and 24% within the 30% total of consumption. Finally, the figure of transport was approximately 18% , which is the lowest in the chart.
Turning to the proportion of spending on consumption in 2005, food and drinks overtook housing, which was making up roughly 33% , which significantly increased. While housing was a significant drop roughly 12% , at 26% . By contrast, other goods and services had a slight surge, reaching 25% in 2005. At the end, transport remained the lowest, which was a drop of roughly 3%, at 15%.