The pie charts illustrate the spending pattern of the citizens of the USA divided into seven different areas in two separate years, 1966 and 1996.
Overall, it is observed that the expenditure on cars increased significantly, followed by moderate rise in spending on eating-out as well as on computers. Whereas, spending on food declined considerably.
In the year 1966, the spending on food accounted for almost half (about 44%) of the total expenditure by people. Additionally, the spending on cars was at around 23% of the total. Whereas, the expenditure on petrol and restraunts were fairly same at approximately 9% and 7% of the total expenditure respectively. The furniture expenses comprised of 10% of the total. Least amount was spend on books (6%) and computers (1%).
After three decades in 1996, the expenditure on cars showed a drastic growth, becoming almost half(about 45%) of the total spending of people. Whereas, the people spent considerably less on the food just around 14%. Furthurmore, the expenditure on restaurants and computers displayed slight rise reaching 14% and 10% respectively. In contrast, the citizens spent relatively less on furniture and books, which became only 8% and 1% of the total spending respectively.