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

Contained in the bar chart is information pertaining to the money spent on five main categories in four distinct

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during 2009.

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, it is evident that housing expenditure in most

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was much higher than in the other categories, with the exception of Japan where people spent more on food.

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, the spending on healthcare and clothing was the lowest throughout the surveyed time. In 2009, Americans spent the most on housing approximately 26%.

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, the other 3

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ranged between 21% and 23%. Regarding food, Japan outweighed the others at around 24%, whilst the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA accounted for 20%, exactly 15% and 14% respectively. As for transportation, the highest expense was in Canada at 20%, followed by the United States at 18%. Below

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level of money spent on transport was the United Kingdom (15%) and Japan (10%). Turning to the remaining statistics, it is evident that all nations spent less on health care and clothing. With respect to health care, the United States’s expense stood at roughly 8%,

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the United Kingdom made up 2%, making it the biggest difference.

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, Canadians’s spending and Japan’s was the same, around 4%. In terms of clothing, the highest data was seen in Canada at nearly 7%,

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the figure for the other 3

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ranged from 4% to 6%.