The provided line graph illustrates the percentage of spending in a certain European country at ten-year intervals between 1960 and 2000. Overall, the figures for all categories exhibited a downward trend except clothing. Notably, the percentage of spending for food dominated the graph until the end of the period.
Starting the period with a whooping about 34% in 1960, the figure for food category saw only a consistent decrease over the next four decades and finished the period at approximately 12% in 2000. In contrast, spending on clothing followed an upward trend. Accounting for just below 10% in 1960, clothing expenditure increased steadily and surpassed food expenditure at about 14% in 2000.
A downward trend could be seen with the reamaining expenditures. For instance, the figure for leisure stood exactly at 20% in 1960 before dropping continously to just above 10% in 2000.
Transport and energy expenditures mirrored the same trajectory. While the figure for former category declined steadily from roughly 10% in 1960 to about 7% in 2000 the latter dipped from around 5% in 1969 to merely 2% in 2000.