The pie charts above depict the amount of spending in UK and New Zealand with two different period, 1980 and 2008. It also shows 5 variables in the chart, including food and drink, utility bills, transport, leisure, and other necessities.
In general, we can see that the billings for other needs are always the least percentage in the two countries and in the two timelines.
In 1980, the UK citizens mostly spent their financial on leisure. It reaches up to 27% of the pie chart. Utility bills came in second where it was 1% off of Leisure, 26%. The other 3 variables, food and drink, transportation, and other, are the minority in the housing needs. The sum of three of them didn’t even reach half of the pie, it was only 47%. Entering the 2008 period, the spending pattern for leisure activities increase to 34%. And for the utility bills also leap to 28%. Meanwhile for the minorities they keep on decreasing.
As for the second country, New Zealand, in the 1980, their main spending went to the consumptions, unlike UK who spends mostly on leisure. And came in second is utility bills with 27%. Moving on to the next period, New Zealan spending patterns shift from their former main, food and beverage, to their new main, utility bills. The utility bills went upwards, from 27% to 31%. Meanwhile the food and beverage went downwards, from 29% to 25%. They changed equally by 4%