The provided tables describe how much money was spent on food and other products by three countries between 1998 and 2008.
Overall, all three countries had significant growth. Initially, country 1, from the runner-up position, became the region consuming both categories, including food and different products the most in the last period. Additionally, country 2 had the highest consumption of both foodstuffs and other goods, its rank shifted over a decade.
As can be seen in the first period, the spending on food in country 2 accounted for 25%, higher than that of country 1 and 3 by 10% and 15%, respectively. Also, this country still held its ranking in the consumption of distinct commodities, at around 17%, and was double that of country 1 and country 3 both at 5%.
In 2008, the nourishment and commodities sector recorded that the spending rate of country 1 considerably climbed to 40%, higher than the figure for the runner-up (country 2) which showed a mild increase by 5% and nearly 10%, respectively. Regarding country 3, the amount of money spent on food peaked at 15% while the figure for the other goods category made up 35%, rising sharply by around 28%.