The two bar graphs compare the percentage of individuals overall expenditure on various goods and services in a certain European nation between 1998 and 2008.
Overall, it is clear that electronic goods and clothing were one of the dominant products from 1998 to 2008, while entertainment and print media received the least expenditure. Moreover, electronic goods remained the category with the highest expenditure throughout the period. Additionally, most categories either rose slightly or declined over the period.
In 1998, spending on electronic products accounted for the largest share at 16% and then continued increasing to 20% in the following ten years, making them the predominant commodities in both years. Similarly, there was witnessed a rapid growth in clothing of 6% from 12% to 18%. While these two categories saw a rise, a gradual drop in overall spending on holiday was experienced from 8% to 5%.
Turning to other sectors, allocating entertainment and printed media both recorded a rapid decrease during the period, from 3% to 1%. Two categories show a pattern similar. A notable point is that eating out remained unchanged over 10 years.