The pie charts compares the distribution of household expenditures in seven aspects, such as food, housing, transport, health care, education, entertainment, and other basic necessities in a particular country in 1960 and 2010.
As illustrated in the chart, in 1960, the largest spending was dedicated to food, which accounted for 34%. This was followed by housing (22%), other basic necessities (19%), and transport (14%). Entertainment, education, and health care, received a much smaller share, each of the spending categories under 5%.
In 2010, the accounted had changed significantly. Food still remained the highest expenditure, but it decrease to 30%. Housing and transport saw an increase, each aspects to 25% and 20%. Meanwhile, the health care and educations went up concisely to 6% and 8%, respectively. In contrast, entertainment taking up a smaller portion of household expanses compared to 1960.
Overall, the data shows the country’s expenditures for about 50 years, with increases in housing, transport, health care, and education costs, while food, entertainment, and other basic necessities saw a decrease in relative spending.