The charts compare five categories of families’ expenditure in UK and New Zealand in the years 1980 and 2008.
It is obvious that both countries experienced a decrease in spending on food and drink, while they had a significant increase in utilities and bills. In contrast, in UK, households dedicated by far more budget to leisure, in compare of residents’ incrassation budgeting in order to leisure, during tow years.
In 1980, 29% of average New Zealand residents’ budget went on food and drink, while the budget in the same case in UK families was 23% in that year. By 2008, households in both countries decreased their expenditure on food and drinks and increased their budget in utility and bill section, in New Zealand proportion of utility and bill rose 4% from 27%, and this rise in UK for households was 2% from 26%.
Leisure activities accounted for the highest proportion of UK household spending in both years, which it increased 7% in UK from 27%, while it was the third priority of budgeting between residents in New Zealand and even decreased from 18% to 17%. As the least expressed proportion dedicated to transport was Respectively by 15% and 17% in UK and New Zealand which both dwindled by 2008. Finally households had some other activities in both countries in tow years, which were not mentioned what exactly they were but they were insignificant but had 2% rise in both countries by 2008.