The bar charts illustrate the expenditure of salary for food and other needs in France, Germany, and England from 1998 to 2008.
Overall, Germany spent the highest amount of money in 1998, then France replaced after ten years. The number of spending increased dramatically throughout the period.
In 1998, people mostly spent their incomes on food, especially in Germany, the percentage of this money reaches 25%, while British and French spent 10% and 15% respectively. At the same period, other needed goods was not that expensive, consuming about 17% of salary in Germany. In France it was just above 10%, and approximately 7% for England.
Nevertheless, after 10 years, the indicators totally changed with France, leading the top point in both sectors, with 40% of waste for both food and others. Germany and England had the same 5% of growth for food, reaching 30% and 15% consequently. The expenditure for goods significantly rose in England for about 28%, which was 35% in total, Germany experienced only about 5% of increase, leading just under 25% by the end of the period.