Band 8+: 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 chart provides illustrates the proportion of the expenditure in Turkey over the 40-year period from 1940 to 2000.

Overall, over the period, for types of expenses, Food, Leisure, Transport and Energy witnessed a gradual decrease, nevertheless, there was a significant increase in the amount of money spent on Clothing.

At the beginning of the period, Food predominated and was the major factor in spending money, accounting for nearly 35% in 1960. Despite its initial leading position, it started decreasing over the 40-year period by approximately 15 percentage points. By contrast, money spent on clothes experienced a considerable increase, rising from a mere 9% to almost 17% and showed an upward trend at the end of the period.

Leisure spending started with roughly 20% in 1960 and declined steadily to 12% in 2000. Similarly, Energy also saw a moderate fall and by 2000 accounted for 1% only. Transport held a relatively stable share of around 8% to 10% before dropping constantly to just 3% in 2000.