Band 9: The two pie charts show the average spending by households in a country at two different points in its economic development. summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts compare the average household expenditure across nine different categories in a specific country in 1920 and 2000.

Overall, it is clear that the spending patterns changed significantly over the 80-year period. While food was the dominant expense in 1920, it was replaced by recreation and other items by 2000. Additionally, most categories saw an increase in their share of total spending, except for food, fuel and light, and household goods.

In 1920, households spent the vast majority of their budget on food, which accounted for 71.9%. However, this figure dropped dramatically to just 21.8% by 2000. Similarly, the proportion of spending on fuel and light remained relatively stable, decreasing slightly from 6.6% to 6.3%, while household goods saw a marginal decline from 3.2% to 3.1%.

In contrast, spending on recreation and other items experienced a substantial growth, rising from 7.7% in 1920 to 34.2% in 2000, making it the largest expense category. Other significant increases were seen in travelling and communication, which grew from 3.3% to 14.3%, and housing, which climbed from 1.3% to 6.3%. Education and medical care also saw their shares more than double, reaching 6.0% and 3.5% respectively.