The graph gives information about the proportion of household outgoings from 6 different categories in a country between 1950 and 2010.
Overall, it is clear that there was an upward trend in the percentage of household expenditures from food, health care, transportation and other categories, while the opposite was true for oil. It is also worth mentioning that the figures for education remained more or less unchanged over the given period.
Looking at the details, the food experienced a huge growth. At first, in 1950, food accounted for 11.2 percent. After sixty years, this figures increased to 34 . As for transportation and other categories accounted for 3.3 and 4.4 percent respectively. In 2010, both of these numbers increased respective to around 11 and 15. In addition, health care made up 2.4 percent in 1950, and by 2010 it reached 4.5
When it comes to housing, it was the only category in household expenditure which witnessed a downwards trend. In 1950, housing formed 72.1 percent of expenditure. In 2010, this proportion decreased by almost 50 percent. As for education, it contributed to around 6.5 percent of total outgoings in both years.