The two pie charts show the average spending by households in a country at two different points in its economic development. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts illustrate the average

percentage

of nine spending

factors

by households in a country in 1920 and 2020. In 1920, among all

expenditure

factors

,

food

topped the chart. About 72% of the

household

expenditure

was spent on

food

. Followed by “recreation and other items” and “fuel and light” cost 7.7% and 6.6% respectively. None of the rest of the

factors

, including

household

goods, clothing, housing, education, “travelling and communication”, and medical care, were over 3.5%. In 2020, The

percentage

of

food

spending dropped to 21.8%

while

the group of recreation and other items showed a fourfold increase from 7.7% to 34.2%.

Similarly

, travelling and communication went up considerably from 3.3% to 14.3%. In the 21st century, people were more willing to spend money on clothing, housing, education and medical care.

In addition

, the

percentage

of

household

goods and “fuel and light” roughly remained the same.

Overall

, in 1920 people spent most of their money on eating

instead

of other

household

expenditure

factors

.

However

, after ten decades, the

percentage

of each factor became more average.

Food

became the second highest

expenditure

while

“recreation and other items” was the first.