The charts provide information about the percentage of expenditure on different puposes in a european country in 1958 and 2008. Overall, in 1958, the primary expenditure was on food, whereas in 2008, the most expenses came from housing.
Although food recorded the highest proportion in 1958, the figures decreased from 32% to only 12% in 2008. A similar decreasing trend can be observed in other categories such as entertainment and accomodation. Accomodation experienced small decline, decreasing from 18% to 16%. However, the percentages of expenditure on travell and transport were higher than entertainment in 2008. Accomodation accounted for 17%, while entertainment exhibited 16%.
Conversely, housing, clothing, and buying luxury good exhibited an upward trend. The percentage of expenses on luxury good rose from 7% to 17%. Furthermore, clothing also saw a considerable increase, climbing from just 8% to 17% in 2008. Additionally, housing represented the highest proportion among all categories.
