The given two pie charts illustrate the differences of people’s consumptions in the years 1971 and 2001 in seven categories: computers, books, restaurants, furniture, petrol, cars, and food in the UK.
Overall, it can be seen that, food was the dominant category of spending in 1971, while in 2001, cars were more preferable. The spend on computers and restaurants made a significant increase over the years, whereas foods and books declined sharply.
In 1971, the largest proportion was on food, accounting for 44%, followed by cars at 22%. Petrol and furniture had only 1% differences with 10% and 9% respectively. Restaurants and books also have a similar figure at 7% and 6%. And lastly, computers were the least consumed by the British at 2%.
In 2001, car spending rose significantly to 43% and became the most consumed in the UK, meanwhile food percentage dropped sharply to 14%. Computer expenditure also was rising steadily from 2% to 12% and restaurant numbers doubled from 7% to 14%. However, furniture consumption fell slightly to 8% and books continued falling to only 1%. Similarly, petrol expenditure dropped marginally to 8%.