The pie charts demonstrate the average household expenses in percentages in Vietnam in 1999 and 2019.Overall, housing and food recorded the highest proportions, whereas transport, healthcare and other goods and services registered a decline in figures of expenditure following the years 1999 and 2019. Notably, housing proportions grew in numbers over the years.
When comparing figures, housing took the highest proportion of expenditure of 21% in 1999 and that figure grew upto 34% in 2019. Additionally, food became the second highest expense with 24% in 1999 and this figure climbed to 27% in 2019.
On the other hand, the other expenses dropped in terms of expenditure. For example, other goods and services , their approximate expenditure was 29% in 1999 and this expenses recorded a smaller proportion of expenses in 2019. Interestingly, transport expenses also went down by 10% between 1999 to 2019 whereas healthcare had the smallest expenditure of 6% in 1999 and this number drastically dropped to 3% in 2019.
