Band 6+: The charts below show the proportion of people’s total spending on different commodities and services in a particular European country in 1998 and 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart compares the expenditure patterns of people from one European country in 1998 and 2008.

Overall, there was Electronic goods and clothes emerged a significant expense in both years. However, other expenditure categories, which accounted people’s budged, saw decrease in spending in last year.

Starting with the increase, 16% of the had Electronic goods expenditure, miniman more than those with clothing expenditure 12% in 1998. Notably, there was a small difference of only 2 percentage points between spending on holidays was 8% and eating out was 6%. Additionally, expenses related to the spending money newspapers/ magazines and going to the cinema shared the same figure, each compricing just 3% of people’s income.

In 2008, the proportions in the mix had changed noticeably. The percentage of Electronic goods increasing to 20% and the proportion of people’s income spent on clothing reached the 18%. The share of money spent on eating out remained unchanged at 6% and the percentage of holiday expenditure, which saw a a drop to 5%. Lastly, there was a 2 percentage of points drop in the proportion of money accounted to newspapers/ magazines and going to the cinema, both of the same 1%.