Band 7+: 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.

The pie charts illustrates the percentages of people’s expenditure on various facilities and services in a particular European nation between 1958 and 2008.

From an overall perspective, it is evident that the proportions of people’s spending on food, clothing, and entertainment witnessed an upward trend, whereas a reverse pattern could be observed in the other categories over the years shown.

In 1956, the percentage of people’s expense on food was highest, at 32%. The figures for housing, clothing was lower, at 22% and 18%, respectively, compared to 13% of entertainment. Travel/transport and luxury goods, however, accounted for the lowest value, at only under 10%.

In 2008, residents in this country spent 32% of their total income on housing, while their spending on luxury goods and travel/transport was the same value, at 17%. The percentage of income which residents in this nation expended on food and clothing was 16% and 12%, in the given order, followed by 6% of their total budget for entertainment.