The given illustrations delineate information about one particular European country’s residents’ total spending on basic needs and services in two different years, 1998 and 2008. The information is categorized by six types of services and goods: holidays, clothing, eating out, electronic goods, newspaper magazines, and going to the cinema.
Overall, it is evident that the figures for clothing and electronic goods had the highest levels in 1998, and only these sectors’ statistics had increased by 2008, while the other three, holidays, newspaper magazines, and cinema, had witnessed a slight decline by 2008. Interestingly, the numbers for eating out maintained their level constantly in both years.
In 1998, the amounts of spending on clothing and electronic goods were the highest, at 12 and 16, respectively, while newspaper magazines and cinema had the lowest rates, at 3. The remaining sectors, holidays and eating out, were in the middle, at about 8 and 6, in turn.
With respect to the statistics for the year 2008, clothing and electronic goods maintained their top level, with a noticeable increase to 18 and 20, respectively, whereas the figure for eating out surpassed the spending for holidays with 6, while the holiday sector had a slight decline to 5. Interestingly, the lowest-level sectors, newspaper magazines and cinema, in 1998 remained in this spot with a minimal decline to 1 for each.