The line graph gives data about the shares of expenditure in one particular European country from 1960 till 2000.
Overall, all four categories experienced different trends during the given period. While only transport accounted for an upward trend, other remained categories decreased noticeably.
As the graph shows, the highest spending was saw on food, started with almost 35%, it trended downwards to near 15% in 2000. Followed by, the second most common spending rates witnessed for leisure activities. In 1960 European people spent 20% of their incomes for recreation, however the rates declined without interruptions over four decades. The ratio for clothing in the first year registered 10% of income, nevertheless by the end of the period overall number plunged to 5%, which means the number felt twice.
Afterwards, consistently smallest percentages were seen in energy category. For energy bills people spent 5% initially, over the years shares dropped gradually to almost 0%.
In contrast, the money 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.