The pie charts compare the percentages of money spent by households on nine categories, including goods and services, in a country in 1920 and 2000.
Overall, the initian impression from the pie charts is that the preference for food over the other categories was dramatic in 1920, whereas by 2000 the proportions had changed and three of the categories had taken leading positions.
In 1920 the largest item of expenditure was food at nearly 72% . However, over the 80-year period it fell impressively to approximately 50% and had the second highest level. By 2000, recreation and other items had become the most popular expenditure with the most significant increase from 7.7% to 34.2%. There was also a big difference in the amount of money spent on travelling and communication because in comparison to 1920, it had risen to about 10%.
In the other categories the changes were less noticeable. The percentage of fuel and light declined to 0.3% at 6.3% . Following that, there was a slight increase of about 0.1% in buying household goods, followed close to medical care with increase to 1,6%. In 2000, the percentage of education was 6.0%,followed closely by housing at 6.3%. Buying clothes changed from 2.4% to 4.5%.