The line graph provides information about the proportion of expenditure in a nation in Europe over the course of 40 years starting from 2000. It is clear that all figures showed a downward trend, with exception of transportation. Overall, the figure for food was by far the highest, but the percentage of spending on transportation surpassed it at the end of the period.
Looking at the graph in more detail, in 1960, people spent most of their money on food (at around 34%) compared to leisure activities, which stood at 20%. Furthermore, the figures for clothing and transport accounted for approximately 10%, whereas the percentage of spending on energy was the lowest, at 5%. After a couple of decades, people spent around 25%, 15% and 12% of their money on food, leisure and transport, respectively, while the proportions of clothing and energy declined by about 2%.
Moreover, in 1990, the figures for transport and leisure made up 14%, with the percentage of transport surpassing leisure. In comparison, the other trends decreased gradually. At the end of the period, the proportion of expenditure on transport surpassed that on food and reached 15%, although the figures for food and leisure accounted for 14% and 12%. Finally, the others decreased by around 2%.