The table illustrates the average monthly expenditure on five categories by four age groups in 2020, while the pie chart displays the distribution of total spending for the entire 18-55 demographic.
Overall, food was the primary expense across all categories. A clear trend is evident: as age increases, spending on food and health rises, whereas expenditure on clothing, entertainment, and education declines.
Regarding upward trends, food costs more than doubled from $217 for the youngest age group (18-25) to $482 for the oldest (46-55). Health spending followed a similar trajectory, surging nearly seven-fold from only $22 to $149 over the same period.
Conversely, younger people spent significantly more on discretionary items. The 18-25 group allocated $143 to clothing and $102 to entertainment, but these figures plummeted to just $27 and $22, respectively, for those aged 46-55. Education spending also dropped from $46 to zero for individuals over 35. These combined trends resulted in food accounting for 40% of total spending, while health represented the smallest share at 10%.