Band 9: The pie chart below shows the average household expenditures in a country in 1950 and 2010. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

The two pie charts compare the changes in how much money was spent on different household categories in a specific country between 1950 and 2010.

Overall, domestic expenses experienced a significant change throughout the period. While the majority of categories grew considerably, housing lost its dominance and witnessed a very dramatic drop. Meanwhile, the food category grew notably and was by far the largest category in 2010.

In 1950, housing accounted for almost 3 quarters of the expenses at 72.1%, before plummeting to just about a quarter in 2010. Another category that underwent a decrease was education, although it was just by a marginal amount – from 6.6% to 6.3%.

Food was the second largest category in 1950 and became the primary category at 34%. Transportation and other categories – 3.3% and 4.4%, in 1950, respectively – showed similar rates of rise, by approximately 4 times each. Healthcare, however, increased the least over 60 years, rising by just about 2 percentage points, from 2.4% to 4.5%.