The pie charts display the expenditure on necessities in two different areas from 1980 to 2008. Overall, while the expenditure on transport and food saw a decline, the reverse was true for basic utilities and other unspecified items for both countries. In addition, proportion of leisure spending saw a noticeable increase in UK, but displayed a decline in New Zealand.
UK and New Zealand experienced growths in basic services, like utility bills and other expenses. In 1980, 26% amount of money was spent for utilisation in UK, almost the same as spent in New Zealand, 27%. This discrepancy became marginally more in 2008, reaching 28% and 31%. Other unspecified services displayed same percentages for both countries with 9% each, in 1980, until it saw a minimal rise up to 11%, in 2008, in UK and New Zealand. The proportion of other items was the least important factor in expenditure for both countries.
Food&drink and transport expenditure, on the other hand, showed a noticeable decrease in both countries. The biggest drop was seen in the proportion of food&drink category, in UK, from a staggering 23% to just 13%. For New Zealand, its expenditure experienced a slight decrease from 29% to 25%, between 1980 nd 2008. Transport percentage in both countries displayed the same percent decline with just 1%, from 15% to 14%, and from 17% to 16%, in UK and New Zealand, respectively. As for leisure spending, UK displayed a rise from 27% to 34%, reaching the highest percentage ever in both countries and years. New Zealand, however, showed a slight decline for 1%, reaching 17% from 18%, in 2008.