The two pie charts illustrate the proportion of average middle-income families expend their expenditures in the years 2000 and 2010.
Overall, the money spend on housing was the most significant payment by far in both years, whilst the lowest payment was made for misc.
The two biggest portion in 2000 were housing and food/clothes, with 35% and 25% respectively. However, while expenditure on food/clothes increased by 10% in 2010, the money spent on housing witnessed a dramatically increase and accounted for half of the total spent at the end of the period.
The remaining two sectors experienced a notable downward trend. In 2000, spending on vacation/leisure was 25%, whereas its percentage declined to 10% in 2010. The amount of money spent on misc kept decreasing considerably, with 15% initially to 5%, and became the smalles money spent throughtout the period.
