The given charts demonstrate the percentage of people’s total spending on six particular commodities and services in a specific European nation between 1998 and 2008.
Overall, it is evident that people in this country spent the most on electronic goods in both years surveyed. Another noticeable feature is that newspaper/magazines and go to the cinema accounted for the smallest share throughout the period.
Looking first at electronic goods, residents spent most of their income on these commodities, accounting for 16% and 20% of the total in 2008. A similar upward was witnessed in expenditure for clothing, as its figures rose from 12% in 1998 to 18% at the end of the timeframe. Citizens in this European country allocated 6% of their total spending to eat outside in 1998, and this figure remained unchanged after one decade.
Turning to holiday, people’s total expenditure on this service showed a downward trend, with its figures declining from 8% in 2008 to 5% in 1998. Notably, while the proportion of spending on newspaper/magazines and go to the cinema both accounted for 3%-the smalles share recorded in 2008, people tended to spend less on these services, investing only a mere of 1% of each at the end of the period.