The pie graph given shown the proportion of general expensing by a family unit in a European nation in 2000.
From an overall perspective, it is evident that utilities which spent by a household showed a downward trend, whereas a reverse pattern could be obversed in the figure for rent over the surveyed period.
With regard to the percentage of rent was highest, at 35%. The figures for food, transport and entertainment were lower, at around 25%, 15% and 10%, in the given order. Utilities and others, however, accounted for the lowest value, at only 8% and 7%.
At the same time, the proportion of rent and food were the most budgeted, reaching a peak of 35%, while there are a dramatic decline in utilities to just 8% and along with others. While the data on entertainment and transport not much different, at over 10% and 15%, in the given order.