The line graph shows the percentage of spending in a European country from 1960 to 2000.

The line graph shows the percentage of spending in a European country from 1960 to 2000.
The line graph illustrates how the population of a European country spent their money on
food
, leisure, clothing, transport, and
energy
from 1960 to 2000.
Overall
, the most money was spent on
food
,
while
the figure for
energy
was the lowest. The expenditure witnessed a downward trend for all except the figure for transportation, which witnessed an upward trend. In the 1960s, the percentage of people's income spent on
food
was the highest, hitting a peak under 35%, which would nearly double the spending on leisure (at 20%). In the same year, the expenditure on clothing stood at 10%, 1% higher than the total for transport and
energy
, with respective figures of 9% and 5%.
Thereafter
, the spending on transport increased considerably to 15%, which is the highest figure of all in 2000.
By contrast
, the spent on
food
and leisure registered a
dramatically
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decline to 14% and 12%. The remaining figures
also
followed similar patterns, but were less pronounced, with respective figures for clothing and
energy
being 5% and 2% arrivals in 2000.
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