Band 9: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The line graph below shows the percentage of spending in Turkey, from 1960 to 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The line graph illustrates how the proportion of household spending on five categories in Turkey changed over a 40-year period.

Overall, spending on food declined most dramatically, while clothing was the only category to see a consistent rise. The remaining categories all decreased, with transport falling most sharply near the end of the period.

Food accounted for the largest share of spending in 1960, at 35%, but it fell steadily throughout the period to reach just 15% by 2000, a drop of 20 percentage points. Clothing followed the opposite trend, rising from a low of 9% in 1960 to overtake food and finish highest of all categories at 17% in 2000.

Leisure spending started at 20% and declined gradually to 12%, remaining the second-largest category for most of the period. Transport held a relatively stable share of around 8-10% between 1960 and 1990, before falling sharply to just 3% in 2000.

Energy consistently accounted for the smallest proportion of spending, decreasing steadily from 5% to only 1% over the four decades.