A glance at the presented bar charts depicts the percentage of inhabitant’s total expenditure on distinct commodities and services, namely holiday, clothing, eating out, electronic items, newspaper or magazines, and going to the cinema in a particular European nation in two separate years, 1998 and 2008.
Overall, it is noticeable that while the proportion of people’s total spending on clothing and electronic items witnessed an upward trend, the opposite was true for holiday, newspaper or magazines, and going to the cinema. Additionally, the trend for eating out remained stable. Remarkably, that of clothing and electronic items were the largest in both years.
Regarding the year 1998, 16% total spending was invested in electronic items, closely followed by clothing with 12%. Meanwhile, people alloted 8% and 6% of their total amount of money to holiday and eating out, respectively, whilst newspaper or magazines and going to the cinema shared the same portion, at 3%.
Turning to the 2008, the statistic of clothing and electronic items increased slightly to roughly 18% and 20%, in turns, whereas, the spending on holiday, newspaper, or magazines, and going to the cinema recorded a minimal decrease to 5%, 1% and 1%, respectively. However, the expenditure of eating out remained stable.