The chart shows the expendeture of two countries on consumer goods in 2010

The chart illustrates the amount of

money

spent on five consumer goods (cars, computers, books, perfume and

cameras

) in

France

and the

UK

in 2010. Units are measured in pounds sterling.

Overall

, the

UK

spent more

money

on consumer goods than

France

in the period given. Both the British and the French spent most of their

money

on cars

whereas

the least amount of

money

was spent on perfume in the

UK

compared to

cameras

in

France

.

Furthermore

, the most significant difference in

expenditure

between the two countries was on

cameras

. In terms of cars, people in the

UK

spent about £450,000 on

this

as opposed to the French at £400,000.

Similarly

, the British

expenditure

was higher on books than the French (around £400,000 and £300,000 respectively). In the

UK

,

expenditure

on

cameras

(just over £350,000) was over double that of

France

, which was only £150,000.

On the other hand

, the amount of

money

paid out on the remaining goods was higher in

France

. Above £350,000 was spent by the French on computers which

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slightly more than the British who spent exactly £350,000. Neither of the countries spent much on perfume which accounted for £200,000 of

expenditure

in

France

but under £150,000 in the

UK

.