Band 5+: The pie charts illustrate the proportion of monthly household income that three South American countries spent on food and drink, housing, clothing and entertainment in 2017. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The Pie chart demonstrates monthly household expenses, subcategorized by Food and drink, Housing, Clothing, Entertainment and Education. The Income distribution are for Brazil, Peru and Colombia respectively. The units are measured in percentage.

Overall, Brazil and Peru dedicate a large portion of the income to Housing followed by Entertainment. However, food and drink, and education take up the largest portion of income in colombia’s households.

Furthermore, Housing and Entertainment in Brazil and Peru take up more than half the expenditure. Followed by food and drink that takes up 20% in both the countries. It is also intresting to note Education takes up 20% of Brazil’s household expense but only 16% in Peru, which is the lowest among the three countries. Rest of the income is spent on clothing, which is less than 10% in both the countries.

Colombia follows a distinct pattern comparatively, as Food and drink, and Education takes up 54% of income. Housing and Entertainment constituted 19% and 13% respectively, making it the lowest figure among the three countries. However, clothing takes up 14% which is the highest expense recorded comparatively.