The given charts illustrate the percentage of people’s total expenditure on a variety of services and commodities in a European country between 1998 and 2008.
Overall, people’s total expenditure on Holiday, Newspaper/magazine and going to the cinema decreased, with Holiday seeing a bigger drop. While clothing and Electronic goods increased, eating out remained stable.
Focusing on the decreases first, Holidays started at 8 percent in 1998 and the figure exhibited a negligible fall over a decade, remaining at 5 percent. Moreover, a marked decline in people’soverall expenditure is observed in Newspaper/Magazines and going to cinema, from 3 percent to 1 percent.
In contrast, Clothing and Electronic goods exhibited different changes. There was a noticeable rise in people’s total spending on clothing, rising by 6 percentage points throughout 10 years. The expense on Electronic goods started at 16 percent, a figure that then rose to 20 percent in 2008. Additionally, people’s overall spending on eating out remained stable at 6 percent throughout the period.