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 pie charts illustrate the proportion of expenditures on various household

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in a particular country in the years 1920 and 2000.

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, compared to other sectors, spending on food fell substantially,

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expenses on recreation and other

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rose dramatically making it the greatest share of expenditures in the year 2000. In 1920, the

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spent on food, household goods, fuel and light were 71.9%, 3.2%, and 6.6% respectively.

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the share of expenditures on these three

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decreased in the next eight decades, it was only the fraction of food expenses that dropped significantly, to nearly one-fifth. The

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spending on the other two only fell slightly, with household goods becoming the least spent on

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in 2020. The other

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in the chart showed an increase going from 1920 to 2000, in terms of

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expenditure. The greatest increase in share was experienced by recreation and other

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, jumping from 7.7% (1920) to 34.2% (2000). Costs of education, travelling and communication

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showed notable expansion, rising from 1.7% to 6%, and 3.3% to 14.3% respectively, from 1920 to 2000. The

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of money going into other sectors did not show much change.