The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

The given chart illustrates the average weekly spending by families in a particular country in 1968 and 2018. Units are measured in percentage.

Overall

, it can clearly be seen that the number of weekly expenses on food is the highest compared to fuel and power which is the lowest in the given period. In terms of the expenditure spent by families in 1968, food expenses which is the biggest one stood at exactly 35% in regard to fuel and power at around 6%. Meanwhile, housing and clothing and footwear have a similar number of spending starting at 10%, respectively. The remaining percentages are under 9% which is made up of household

goods

, personal

goods

, transport, and leisure. Regarding the comparison of expenses in 2018, the two lowest ones under 5% were fuel and power and personal

goods

compared to leisure which has the highest number of spending in

this

period at approximately 23%.

Although

the expenditure on clothing and footwear stood at exactly 5%, household

goods

have a higher expense at about 8%. The three remaining ones are under 20% which are made up of housing, food, and transport accounting for around 19%, 17%, and 14%, respectively.