The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009.

Contained in the bar chart is information pertaining to the spending sections of five main types in four countries in 2009.

Overall

, it is evident that housing expenditure in all countries was higher than the other categories, with the exception of Japan.

Additionally

, the spending on healthcare and clothing was the lowest throughout the surveyed time. Looking at the figure for housing in

further

detail, it is apparent that Americans spent the most amount of money on housing with approximately 26% of the total budget.

Similarly

, the United Kingdom’s spending stood at just under 25%,

while

the others ranged between 21% and 23%. Regarding food, Japan outweighed the United States at around 24% against 14% in that order, whilst the United Kingdom and Canada accounted for 20% and exactly 15% respectively. As for transportation, the highest expense was in Canada at 20%, followed by the United States at 19%. Below

this

level of money paid for transport was the United Kingdom (15%) and Japan (10%). Turning to the remaining statistics, it is evident that all nations paid the least for health care and clothing. With respect to health care, the United States’s expense stood at roughly 8%,

whereas

the United Kingdom made up 2%, making it the biggest difference.

However

, Canadians’s spending and Japan’s was the same, around 4%. In terms of clothing, the highest data was seen in Canada at nearly 7%,

while

the other 3 countries were lower varying from 4% to 6%.