The provided pie chart depicts the percentage of average household expenditures in various categories: housing, food, education, transportation, and other. The information is given for the years 1950 and 2010
Overall, it is clearly seen that the ratio of spending on food, health care, transportation, and other increased. while, it was spending on housing and education that decreased, in the year 2010.
Looking at the pie chart in detail, in 1950, the proportion of expenditures on housing was 72.1% compared to 22.0%, in 2010. However, for the former period, the ratio of expenditures was 11.2%, 2.4%, 6.6%, and 3.3% for food, health care, education, transportation, and other, respectively.
Analyzing the pie chart further, in 2010, the proportion of spending on food was at the top position, at 34.0%. Moreover, it was followed by for housing and other, which contributed 22.0% and 19.2%. In contrast, It is noticeable that the next places were occupied by for transportation, education, and health care, with 14.0%, 6.3%, and only 4.5%, respectively.
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