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 graph presents the percentage of spending on food, accommodation, transportation, healthcare and costume in four countries in 2009.

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, US, Canadian and

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people allocated the largest share of their expenditures to housing,

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Japanese residents spent the biggest part on food.

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, the smallest portion of all four nations is healthcare and clothing. US people expended much their money on housing than other countries examined, with respective figures being 26% and approximately 23%. In the same way, healthcare bills accounted for 8% of US costs,

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it was around 4% for Canada,

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and Japan

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and only 2% for the

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.

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, the amount which US inhabitants paid for food was the lowest (14%), followed by Canada (15%), the

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(20%) and

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(23%). Canadian dwellers allotted 20% of their budget to transport, compared to nearly 18% in the US, 15% in the

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and only 10% in

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.

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, the proportion of clothing in the sum expense of Canadian people (about 7%) was higher than that of the US, the

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and

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, which was from 3% to 6%.