Band 8+: The charts below show the proportion of people's total spending in a particular European country was spent on different commodities and services in 1958 and in 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart illustrates the percentage of total consumer expenditure on different commodities and services in a particular European nation in 1958 and in 2008,

Overall, the expenditure pattern became less balanced over time. While spending on travel, luxury goods and accommodation followed an upward trend, the reverse trend was true for the remaining categories, with housing and food experiencing the most remarkable change.

In 1958, expenditure on food dominated that on the other categories (32%), followed by housing at 22%. Meanwhile, consumers spent 13% of their budget on entertainment, which was 5% lower than that on clothing. Conversely, the figure for travel and luxury goods only accounted for 8% and 7% respectively, a negligible difference.

The pattern changed much more clearly in 2008. While accommodation climbed sharply to 32% to take over from food, expenditure on food lost ground, falling to 12%. Concurrently, spending on luxury goods rose to 17%,matching the figure for travel to rank third in the total expenditure, with clothing decreasing slightly to 16%. The figure for entertainment bottomed out at 6%, the smallest percentage on the chart.