The given pie charts provide information about how the proportion of food and goods bought in supermarkets in three major nations changed from 1998 to 2008.
Overall, it is evident that the percentage of food and goods in three countries increased noticeably, with country 1 being the most prominent.
Concerning the food bought in supermarkets, in 1998 the proportion of country 2 was the highest, at 22%, two and three times higher than that of country 3, at 10% and 7%, respectively. Over the next decade, the percentage of food bought in supermarkets in country 1 saw the most significant increase of 25%, compared to 27% and 9% of country 2 and 3, respectively.
Regarding goods bought, the figure for country 3 rose dramatically from 1% in 1998 to 14% in 2008, but still less than double that of country 2 at that time, at 27%, in which this percentage increased from 18% in 2008. Most noticeably, there was a significant increase of 33% in the value of country 1, from 4% in 1998, taking the first rank by the end of period year.