The line chart demonstrates the proportion of spending in a country from Europe between 1960 and 2000. Overall, the rate of transport increased in all periods, while the opposite was true for four other kinds of spending. Furthermore, the percentage for leisure and energy always had a steady decline from 1960 to 2000; and for the other types of spending, they witnessed gradual increases or gradual decreases in that period.
Regarding leisure and energy, from 1960 to 1970, there was a gradual drop in the percentage of each, from 20% to 18% for leisure, and from 5% to 4% for energy. Between 1970 and 1980, they continued to fall by 2% and 1% for leisure and energy, respectively, to reach 16% and 3%. Between 1980 and 1990, they experienced a similar downfall, reaching 14% for leisure and 2% for energy. Finally, they maintained their similar fall, reaching 12% and 1% for leisure and energy, respectively.
Regarding the three other sorts of spending, for the percentage for food, it went down slightly from 33% to 30% during the first period of the chart. In the second period, it experienced a dramatic drop from 30% to 25%. In the third period, it declined remarkably from 25% to 20%. In the last period, it fell more significantly than before from 20% to 14%. For transport, from 1960 to 1980, there was a gradual rise in the percentage for it. Specifically, from 9% to 11% from 1960 to 1970, and from 11% to 13% from 1970 to 1980. Twenty years later, it still climbed gradually but more slightly than before. Specifically, from 13% to 14% between 1980 and 1990, and from 14% to 15% between 1990 and 2000. For clothing, from 1960 to 1990, there was a gradual decline in the proportion for it. Concretely, from 10% to 9%, from 9% to 8%, and from 8% to 7% during the first, second, and third periods of the chart, respectively. In the last period, it dropped more dramatically than before, from 7% to 5%.