The provided line graph illustrates the distribution of consumer expenditure across four categories – chicken, beef, lamb, and fish – in a European country over 25 years, starting from 1979.
Overall, it is evident that spending on fish is minimal, whereas expenditure on meat was predominant across the category.
In 1979 – the beginning of the graph, beef emerged as the most consumed at about 220g. Chicken and lamb exhibited relatively modest figures, with lamb at precisely 150g, and chicken slightly lower of just under 150g. Fish, in stark contrast, allocated the smallest share of its expenditure to this category, with roughly 60g, which denotes significant disparities in consumer priorities for fish spending.
From 1979 onwards, the surveyed nation recorded some sharp variations. The chicken consumption noticeably rose, and emerged as the highest figure at the end of the period with 250g. Beef, however dropped to about 180g, then bounced back to reached a peak at 240g, but halved and finished at over 100g. Lamb also mirrored beef of the downward trend which ended at well over 50g. During mentioned oscilation, the amount of fish consumption seemed to be plateaued around 50g over the period shown.