The pie charts illustrate changes in the allocation of funds per capita across varying categories of expense in a country between 1990 and 2010.
In general, whereas the total amount of money directed at Housing, Entertainment, Clothing, and Health witnessed a rise, the reverse had been registered in the rest of the categories (Food, Transport, and Household goods), with expense figures remaining the same in the sector of Electricity/gas over the given time frame.
A closer examination of the data from 1990 shows that by far the biggest share of funding had been expended on Household goods at 26.5%, followed closely by Housing(17%). The expense patterns on Entertainment, Food, and Transport represented a combined total of 41.8%; Entertainment (15.3%), Food (14%), and Transport (12.5%). By contrast, the remaining categories of expense (Electricity/gas, Clothing, and Health) have stood as modest on the chart. In detail, Electricity represented an expenditure of 2%, which stood slightly below that of Health (4.7%). Meanwhile, the spending on Clothing amounted to a percentage point of 8.
As for the statistics in 2010, despite there being a dip of 3.5%, Household goods remained the most dominant. Meanwhile, Housing saw a slight increase of 0.5%, from 17% to 17.5%. Entertainment increased up to 18.1% to become a close second. The sector of Food, however, underwent an approximate fall of 3%, accounting for 10.7%. It is pertinent to note that there had been no change in the amount of money spent on Electricity/gas till the year 2010. Clothing witnessed a slight increase of about 1%, whilst Healthcare welcomed a relatively higher figure of exactly 4%.