The charts below show household spending patterns in two countries between 1980 and 2008.

The pie chart compares the proportions of

expenditure

done on five household categories namely food & drink,

utility

bills

, transport,

leisure

and others in the

UK

and New Zealand in 1980 and 2008.

Overall

, it is evident that despite fluctuations in the spending pattern, people

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the

UK

preferred

leisure

the most.

While

in New Zealand the most

expenditure

was done on

utility

bills

.

In addition

, the least

expenditure

was done on other expenses in both countries. Regarding

leisure

,

utility

bills

, and other expenses, the spending of

UK

households on

leisure

accounted for 27% of total

expenditure

in 1980,

this

figure increased to 7% in 2008.

By contrast

, a slight decrease of 1% was seen

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New Zealand’s household spending on

leisure

for the same period. The expenditures on

utility

bills

for both nations increased by 2% and 4%, respectively.

Likewise

, there was an increase of 2% for other expenses. Turning to food & drink and transport, we can see that there was a significant drop in spending on food & drink in the

UK

and New Zealand of 10% and 4%, respectively in 2008.

Furthermore

, the

expenditure

on transport for both nations decreased by 1% in the same period.