The presented pie charts demonstrate the average household spending in a country in 1950 and 2010.
Overall, it is obvious that housing expenditure made up more than three-fifths of all expenses in 1950, clearly surpassing the others by a large margin. Likewise, food expenditure was a dominant category in 2010. Conversely, other and health care spending lagged behind, in 1950 and 2010, respectively.
It is conspicuous that housing spending accounted for the greatest share in 1950, at 72.1%. However, this figure lost its leading position in 2010, plunging to 22%. In contrast, food spending climbed rapidly from 11.2% in 1950 to 34% in 2010, clearly outnumbering the others. Moreover, education expenditure remained almost stable over the period with a small change of around 0,3%.
On the other hand, transportation and other expenses increased almost four times from 3.3% and 4.4% to 14% and 19.2%, respectively, over the period. Although, health care rose two times from 2.4% to 4.5%, over the period, it remained in the least dominant position.