The line graph below demonstrates the percentage of money spend on basic necessities in Europe from 1960 to 2000, such as food, transport, energy and etc. This essay will include all significant information about each.
It is clear that the percentage of all spending, except clothing, experienced a deacrease in usage. The most significant change higly expressed in food popularity, which was just above 30% in 1960 and dropped to 15% in 2000. However, spending on clothing, in contrary, rised slightly from 9% to approximately 16% in 2000.
Leisure experienced almost the same situation as food cunsumption, decreased from 20% to just above 10% in 1960 and 2000, respectively. Additionally, the decline in transport percentage can also be taken into consideration. From 1960 to 1990 it was falling steadily from 10%, but dramarically dropped after to 5%. Meanwhile, energy was the least spent-on category, making up only 5% of spending, and dropped to almost nothing in 2000.
In summary, while food necessity dropped significantly to 2000, clothing became more in demand during the period of 40 years.