The pie chart illustrates how households in a particular city spend their monthly expenditure among six categories.
Overall, the largest parts of the household expenditure are spent on food and rent, while other expenses account for the smallest proportion. Together, rent and food represent more than half of the total expenditure.
Looking at the major spending categories, households spend 35 % of their monthly budget on rent. The figure for food is lower, at 25%. This means that household spend 10 percentage more on rent tan on food. Transportation is also an important expense and makes up 15%. In total, three categories represent 75% of household expenditure.
The other categories have smaller percentages. Savings and entertainment each make up 10% of the monthly budget. By contrast, only 5% is allocated to other expenses account. Together, these three categories account for one quarter of the total expenditure.
