The given bar chart represents spending for five main fields in the USA, Canada, the UK, and Japan in 2009.

The bar chart illustrates the percentage expenditure for five sectors in the USA,

Canada

, United Kingdom, and Japan in 2009.

Overall

, it can be seen that the consumption of housing in the USA was the largest amount of money,

while

clothing was the least proportion of spending in the United States.

To begin

with, more than a quarter of the costs were spent on housing, whilst the

transportation

field accounted for around 17% and

food

was calculated slightly below a 2% difference in the United States.

In addition

, health care and clothing in the four countries were sized approximately under 10% of the expenditures.

However

, in Japan,

food

was the highest proportion of spending with almost 23%,

whereas

housing reached a 1% gap under it and 10% for its

transportation

cost. Meanwhile, the money purchased for housing in

Canada

and the UK was dominated rather than another field, which accounted for 21% and 24% for each.

Then

, it was a fifth for

Canada

's

transportation

and

food

costs in the United Kingdom. There was

also

15% for purchasing

food

in

Canada

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the same amount for

transportation

in the UK.