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

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of money spent on five important consumer items (food, housing, transportation,

health

care, and clothing) in

four

countries

(The United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan) in one particular year (2009).

Overall

, it can be seen the higher percentage of the

four

countries

consuming was housing,

while

health

care and clothing accounted for the lower proportion. In terms of housing, people from

four

countries

spent more than a fifth on it, especially in The United States the cost of housing was more than a quarter.

In addition

, the share of food and transportation was

also

relatively high, equal to or greater than 10% in all

four

countries

. Among them, Japan and the UK,

in particular

, spent more than 20% on food,

whereas

America and Canada spent more than 15% on transportation.

While

both

health

care and clothing account for a relatively low share of consumption. Canada, the UK, and Japan spend less than 5% on

health

.

Similarly

, the cost of clothing in the

four

countries

was quite low, around 5%.