The line graph shows changes in the percentage of total spending on five categories – food, leisure, clothing, transport, and health – in a particular country between 1970 and 2010.
Overall, food accounted for the largest share at the beginning of the period, despite a considerable decline. By 2010, however, clothing had become the highest category, followed by leisure and food, while transport and health recorded the lowest figures.
In 1970, food represented the highest proportion, at 34%. Although this figure fell consistently over the following decades, dropping to 15% in 2000, it then recovered slightly to 17% by 2010. Leisure spending, by contrast, followed a gradual upward trend, rising from 10% in 1970 to 17% in 2010, with a period of stability between 1990 and 2000.
Clothing expenditure showed the most dynamic trend. After fluctuating between 10% and 14% between 1970 and 2000, it surged sharply to 19% in 2010, becoming the largest category. In contrast, transport and health both experienced steady declines throughout the period. Transport fell progressively from 10% to 5%, while health dropped from 7% to 3%, despite a slight increase in 1980. As a result, by 2010, clothing was the highest at 19%, followed by leisure and food at 17%, with transport and health at 5% and 3% respectively.