the bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories

The bar chart provides information about the average expenditure of four countries in various categories,

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food

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, housing, transportation,

health

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care

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, and clothing, in 2009.

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, Except for

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, all countries spent the majority of their money on housing,

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clothing and

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care

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were the least spent

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, on the other side, had

food

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as its highest expense. In the housing category, the United

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had the highest share out of the four nations, with about 27%, and Canada was the lowest spender with just over 20%. Meanwhile,

food

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was the top spending in

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, with an approximately 23% share,

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to the United

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, with just under 15% worth of

food

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expenses. Transportation was the third rate in the United Kingdom and

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, with about 15% and 10%, respectively.

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, it was the second for the United

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and Canada, with roughly 18% and 20% shares, respectively. The two other categories,

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health

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care

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and clothing, saw lower portions compared to the three abovementioned. To illustrate, the United

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topped among four countries with a share of around 8% in

health

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care

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,

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to the United Kingdom with approximately 2%, which is the lowest in all of its expenditures. Canada and the United Kingdom spent almost 6% to 7% of their money on clothing,

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, the United

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and

Japan

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never went over 4%.