The pie chart illustrates the information about expenditure patterns on different things in the UK between 1971 and 2001. Overall, while cars, computers and restaurants increased, the reverse was true for food, books, furniture and petrol. Of particular note is that the food received lower allocation in the final year than initial year.
Focusing on the increases, starting at 22% in 1971, the amount of spending money on cars surged to 43% in 2001. Computers, the percentage of this figure grew noticeably between 1971 and 2001, reaching from 2% to 12%. A significant rise was observed in the number of restaurants from 7% in 1971 to 14% by the end of period.
Food, books, furniture and petrol saw decreases in the figures. There was a dramatic decline in the percentage of food from 44% in 1971 to 14% in 2001. Regarding books, starting at 6% in 1971, the figure for this category then dropped to 1% in 2001. Lastly, the figure for furniture and petrol saw a decline, with the latter seeing a bigger change in the last year.
