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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the percentages of money allocated for 5 primary categories in 4 different countries.

Overall

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, it is readily apparent that spending on food, housing, and transportation took up the majority.

By contrast

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, the figures for health responsibility and clothing made up the minority. On the one hand, the United States appeared to be the leading community with the sum for housing at 26% which was 4% more than Canada. Meanwhile, the highest budget allocated for vehicles belonged to Canada.

Moreover

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, the medical expenses in the US were the highest which doubled in Canada by approximately 3%.

However

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, Canada’s spending on wardrobe was 3% more than the US.

On the other hand

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, housing, food, and delivery were the majority of the expenditure in British and Japanese, at 50% and 55%, respectively.

Additionally

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, there was a similar statistic of the spending on foodstuff and accommodation in Japan at 22%

while

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travelling expenses were just half. Strikingly, the cost of fitness concern in the UK was the lowest, just one-third compared to clothing

whereas

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the total in Japan was the same.