The provided bar charts illustrate the percentage of consumers who spend money on products and services in an identified European country, categorized into 2 distinct years: 1998 and 2008.
Overall, the most noticeable trend is that most figures showed a downward trend. While the electronic goods consistently accounted for the highest position, cinema expenditure remained the lowest during this period.
It can be clearly seen that throughout a decade, electronic goods remained the most common choice, increasing from 16% to 18%, whereas cinema was the least common, dropping from 3% to 1%. Similarly, the spending on holidays and newspapers or magazines also tend to decrease, falling from 8% to 5% and from 3% to 1% during the 10-years period, respectively. Meanwhile, the expenditure of eating out did not undergo any fluctuation, with 6% toward the end of the given period.