The bar chart below shows shares of expenditure for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009.

The data provided in the form of a bar chart compares the distribution of the cost of five major items in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan in the year 2009.

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, housing and clothing were the approximately most and least expensive categories for all the countries. Americans should spend only about 14% on food,

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Canadian, British and Japanese paid more for food at nearly 15%,20% and 24%, respectively. In the United

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individuals leave more than a quarter of their income for accommodation.

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, the expenditure for renting a place in other countries was roughly two tens of all salaries. Transportation fair in the region of North America stood at 20%,

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that was 5% and 10% in the United Kingdom, and Japan, respectively. Healthcare services and clothing made up less than 10% of the cost of living in all mentioned nations in 2009.