These two pie charts show the household spending patterns in the UK and New Zealand, in 1980 and 2008.
It is clear that, in the UK, the largest portion of household spending is on leisure in both years. But in New Zealand, the biggest category in 1980 was food & drink, the biggest in 2008 was utility bills.
Looking at the details, the most significant change in the UK in these two years is food & drink, which increased from 13% to 23% for 28 years. Other categories except transport had minor growth ; For example,leisure spending increased by 7%, and utility bills increased by 2%.
In New Zealand, only figures of “utility bills” and “other” showed an increase from 27% to 31%, while other categories slightly declined between these two years . For instance, both transport and leisure decreased by 1% .Significantly, food and drink showed a minor decrease, from 29% to 25%.