The provided bar chart illustrates the the expenditure of people from five different countries, the USA, Canada, the UK, and Japan in the year 2009. The data is given in percentages and it can be split into two trends,
This bar chart shows the cost percentage from 5 categories in 4 different societies in 2009. In summary, there are 3 big things that people in all countries spend money on which are Food, Housing, and Transportation and