The charts illustrate the proportion of profit which was spent on food and other items between 1998 and 2008 in 2 countries in Europe.
It can be seen that country 1 is the leader of consumers who spent the most amount of money for food, whereas country 3 spent the lowest income. Turning to other goods, country 1 showed the highest percentage of profit, while countries 1 and 3 the lowest but in another period.
To begin with, country 1 spent 15% of their income on food in 1998, while in 2008 this rate dramatically decreased, reaching 40%. The second country’s spendings was 25%, which rose by 30% in 2008. The third country illustrated the lowest results, reaching 10% in 1998, after 10 years this percentage increased by 15%.
It is also worth noting that country 1 spent just over 5% on other goods in 1998, whereas in 2008 this chart showed significant growth, reaching 40%. In country 2 income rose from about 15% to just under 25% between 1998 and 2008, while in country 3 the spendings for other items were higher than 5% in 1998, and 35% in 2008.
