Band 8+: 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 given pie charts depict the percentage of household income that three South American countries expended on food and drink, housing, clothing, and entertainment every month in 2017.

Overall, it is evident that Brazil and Peru’s expenditure was highest on housing and lowest on clothing every month in 2017. In contrast, Colombia spent a higher percentage of income on food and drink and a lower percentage on entertainment.

Firstly, Brazil accounted for 35% of monthly expenditure for housing and an equal proportion of income was spent on education, food and drink, and entertainment, which was 20% respectively. Meanwhile, 5% of income was expended on clothing.

Likewise, Peru spent 31% of income on housing every month, whereas the second highest amount was expended on entertainment, which was 25%. 20% of the monthly income was spent on food and drink, followed by 16% on education. The lowest proportion of monthly income was expended on clothing.

Moreover, in Colombia, the percentage of monthly income expenditure on housing reached its peak at 39%. 30% and 24% of monthly income was spent on food and drink along with education. The percentage of income expended on entertainment and clothing were 13% and 14%.