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.

The given pie charts illustrate a comparison of expenditure on six distinct commodities and services from 1958 to 2008. From an

overall

perspective, it is evident that

while

spending on food, clothing, and entertainment witnessed a decrease, a reverse pattern could be observed in the figures for the other categories. In 1958, the percentage of

residents'

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residents

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spending on food was the highest, at 32%. The figures for housing, clothing, and entertainment were lower, at 22%, 18%, and 13%, respectively, compared to 8% for travel and transport. Luxury goods,

however

, accounted for the lowest value, at only 7%. In 2008, the proportion of the citizen's budget on food experienced a notable fall to just 12%,

whereas

there was a rise of precisely 32% in the data on housing.

Additionally

, 17% of the total money was paid for luxury goods

as well as

travel and transportation. The period between 1958 and 2008 saw a significant decrease in the

expense

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on clothing from 18% to only 16%, and

this

was higher than the final figure for entertainment, at 6% by 2008.