Band 9: The two pie charts below show the proportion of average monthly spending of a household in the UK in 2010 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate a comparison of the average monthly spending of a household in the UK across ten years 2010 and 2020. It can be clearly observed that housing was the largest expense in both years, while the smallest proportion of the budget went to other goods and services and to leisure and entertainment.

To begin with, the money spent on housing was already the biggest category in 2010 at 32%, and over those ten years it grew even more, reaching 38% in 2020. On the other hand, food was the only major category that fell sharply, dropping from 24% to 19% respectively. Transport followed a similar pattern, going down from 18% to 15%.

In addition, leisure and entertainment also increased by 4%, rising from 14% in the first year to 18% by 2020. Furthermore, spending on other goods and services had just a little change, decreasing slightly from 12% to 10%.