The pie charts reveal the proportion of money spent on various kinds of household expenses in Hong Kong and Britain in 2000.
Overall, it is clear that in Hong Kong the highest proportion of expenditure 32% was on housing, while 18% in Britain. A similar trend in clothing was the lowest cost in Britain and Hong Kong.
In Britain, the expense of other products and services was 8% higher than the other one, while 14% less than on the housing market in Hong Kong. On the other hand, the proportion of food in Britain was 22% during 2000. On the other hand, the proportion of food in Britain was 22% during 2000 which is roughly 5% lower than that of Hong Kong.
Transport and clothing expenditures are lower in terms of expense compared to the other three groups. Clothing is the smallest proportion of expenditure, 7% and 4% in the two regions. In contrast, there is an 8% difference in expenditure between Britain and Hong Kong household transport.