The two pie charts illustrate how households in a European country spend their monthly income in two different groups: low-income and high-income families. Overall, it is obvious that low-income households spend a large proportion of their income on basic needs such as food and fuel, while high-income families allocate more money to leisure-related items and miscellaneous expenses.
In the low-income group, the biggest share of spending is on food and drink, which account for 29% of total income. Fuel is the second largest category at 24%. Miscellaneous items also take a noticeable amount at 18%. By contrast, only small proportions are spent on restaurants and hotels (4%) and clothing (5%). Expenditure on transportation and recreational activities stands at 9% and 11%, respectively.
In comparison, high-income households spend more on miscellaneous items at 23% and recreational and cultural activities at 21%, while transportation necessity make up only 16% and food and drink just 15%. In additional, the least households spend on restaurant and hotels (12%) and fuel (7%).
To sum up, higher income record nonessential items on their households rather low-income group only spend on basic necessity.