The provided table illustrates changes in total household income and spending on food and clothes, while the pie charts compare five categories of expenses in a particular family in two separate years: 2010 and 2013.
Overall, spending on food and clothes in the UK rose slightly despite a decline in income. Regarding spending purposes, fruits and vegetables showed the most significant increase and became the largest expenditure, while the reverse was true for “meat and fish” and “clothes”.
In 2010, the income of an average household in the UK was 29,000 pounds, with their spending on food and clothes roughly accounting for half of the earning, at 14,000 pounds. This allocation increased negligibly by 2013, when the figure for income dipped to 25,000 pounds, while spending on food and clothes reached 15,000 pounds, constituting over half of the income.
Looking at the distribution of spending, meat and fish made up the largest proportion in 2010, representing a quarter. Clothes, fruits and vegetables, and other food and drinks followed with their portions ranging from 18% to 22%. The remaining 15% belonged to dairy products, the smallest proportion in 2010.
By 2013, families in the UK spent significantly more on fruits and vegetables as the percentage of this category had increased to 35%, surpassing meat and fish to become the largest expenditure by the end of the period. The figures for clothes and “fish and meat”, however, fell considerably, each experiencing a decline of 10% points. In contrast, the percentage of other food and drinks remained unchanged, while that of dairy products increased moderately to one-fifth by the close of the period.