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

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of nine spending

factors

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

expenditure

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factors

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,

food

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topped the chart. About 72% of the

household

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expenditure

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was spent on

food

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

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, including

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

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of

food

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spending dropped to 21.8%

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

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, 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.

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, the

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of

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

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, in 1920 people spent most of their money on eating

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of other

household

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expenditure

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factors

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.

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, after ten decades, the

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of each factor became more average.

Food

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became the second highest

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“recreation and other items” was the first.