The bar charts illustrates the perctentage of individuals total spending on various commodities and services in a particular European country in 1998 and 2008.
Overall, it is clear that spending increased notably on electronic goods and clothing, while expenditure on holidays. Moreover, newspaper magazines and going to the cinema services declined in both years, and eating out remained unchanged.
In 1998, the highest spending was on eletronic goods (16), amd the second highest spending was clothing goods (12). Spending money on Holiday service stood at 8, and eating out accounted for 6. In contrast, much lower amount were newspaper magazines (3) and going to the cinema (3).
In 2008, electronic goods saw a further rose to 20, and spending rise slightly on clothing (18). Although holiday service was declined to 5, eating out reamined stable (6). The most dramatic declines were seen on newspaper magazines and go to the cinema, which dropped to 1 from 3.