The two pie charts compare the proportion of eight kinds of expenditures per person in one country in 1990 and 2010. Overall, while the expenditure patterns for housing, entertainment, health, and clothing increased, the remaining sectors showed a decline, except for electricity, which remained unchanged. Moreover, the proportion of spending on household items was the largest figure in both years, despite a decrease in 2010.
Focusing firstly on increases, the percentage of spending on housing and entertainment started at 17.0% and 15.3% in 1990, followed by a slight rise to 17.5% and 18.1%, respectively, in 2010. Additionally, the proportions allocated to health insurance and clothing were 4.7% and 8.0% in 1990, which increased to 8.7% and 8.7%, respectively, by 2010.
On the other hand, spending on household goods decreased from 26.5% to 23.0%, while spending on food followed a similar trend, starting at 14.0% in 1990 and declining by 3.3 percentage points. Furthermore, expenditure on commuting dropped slightly, from 12.5% to 11.3%.