The charts below show the proportion of people’s total spending in a particular European country was spent on different commodities and services in 1958 and in 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

These pie charts depict the expenditure patterns of Europeans on various commodities during two distinct periods.

Overall

,

while

the majority of spending is directed towards essential categories

such

as housing, food, and transportation, a contrasting trend is evident in leisure-related expenses. Notably,

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categories saw minimal fluctuations over the 50-year span. In the essential commodities category, food constituted the highest expenditure at 32% in 1958, followed by housing and transportation at 22% and 8%, respectively.

However

,

this

allocation witnessed a significant decline of 20%, rendering it less prominent within

this

segment.

Conversely

, housing and transportation experienced growths of 10% and 9% between 1958 and 2008. In 2008, within the entertainment expenditure category, luxury goods accounted for the smallest portion at 7%. Notably, both entertainment and clothing witnessed reductions of 7% and 2%, respectively, during the same period. Remarkably, luxury goods witnessed a surge from 7% to 17%, emerging as the most

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commodity in the entertainment segment.