The pie charts illustrate the percentage of average household spending in a country in 1950 and 2010.
Overall, it is clear that in 1950 most money went to housing, while in 2010 food became the biggest category. Spending on health care was always the smallest, although it increase a little bit in 2010.
In 1950, almost three quarter of family budget was spent on housing, at 72.1%. Food was the second largest category with 11.2%, and education accounted for 6.6%. By contrast, transportation and health care were minor expenses, both under 4.5%.
In 2010, the situation was different. Food expenditure rise to 34%, making it the top category. Housing fall sharply to only 22%. The percentage for health care, although still small, grow from 2.4% to 4.5%. Education stay almost the same, at around 6.3%. Other categories also took bigger share, with transportation at 14% and other spending rising to 19.2%.
To conclude, housing dominated in 1950 but food became more important in 2010. At the same time, other types of expenditure like transport and “other” things increased as well.