the bar chart belows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United State , Canada ,the United Kingdom and Japan in the year 2009

The bar chart
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information about
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of different outlay in four important facilities in the United
State
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,
Canada
, the United Kingdom and
Japan
in 2009
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, what stands out
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the graph
that
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the highest proportion of expenditure was housing ,
whereas
the lowest percentage was health care . a fluctuation was observed in all countries for every expenditure Moving to a
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, in
United
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State
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and
United
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Kingdom ,
highest
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percentage of outlay was housing , with the farmer and the latter being responsible for approximately 25 and 23 . the lowest share of outlay was health care in the United Kingdom ,
however
this
was clothing in another country With regard to
Japan
and
Canada
, in food categories , the highest proportion
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in
Japan
(about 23%) ,
nevertheless
the share of
Canada
accounted for 15 % . In transportation
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there was a big difference between
Canada
and
Japan
by 10 %
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