The given pie charts illustrate the expenditure proportions spent by students on average at a particular university in the years 2000 and 2010.
Overall, it is clear that, students spent most of their budget on paying utilities and food and drinks in both years, while they spent the least for eating out in the former year and for holidays in the latter. It is also important to note that some significant changes can be seen in the percentage of spending on Utilities, clothing, and eating out , whereas other categories almost did not change over the period in question.
In 2000, the outlay on utilities like elecricity and water accounted for 21 percent before increasing to 27 percent in 2010. Likewise, the expenditure on eating out doubled from 4 percent to 8 percent. By contrast, there was a dramatic decline in the proportion of clothes bought by students, falling from 16 percent in 2000 to 5 percent in the following decade.
As for the figures for food and drink at homewhich led the chart, sport and cultural activities, and holiday did not change throughout the period, 29 percent and 17 percent and 5 percent respectively. However, outlays on transport saw a slight rise from 8 percent to 9 percent.