The line graph gives data about the shares of expenditure in one particular European country from 1960 to 2000.
Overall, all four categories experienced different trends during the given period. While only transport accounted for an upward trend, other categories decreased noticeably.
As the graph shows, the highest spending was seen on food, starting with almost 35%; it trended downwards to near 15% in 2000. Followed by, the second most common spending rates were witnessed for leisure activities. In 1960, European people spent 20% of their incomes for recreation; however, the rates declined without interruption over four decades. The ratio for clothing in the first year registered 10% of income; nevertheless, by the end of the period, the overall number plunged to 5%, which means the number fell twice.
Afterwards, consistently smallest percentages were seen in the energy category. For energy bills, people spent 5% initially; over the years, shares dropped gradually to almost 0%.
In contrast, the money that had been spent for transport soared from being the 4th category at first to the highest one ultimately. In 1960, the category recorded approximately 10%, followed by a small growth to 13% in 1980, and it experienced steady growth to 15% in 2000.