The line graph shows the percentage of spending in a European country from 1960 to 2000.

The line graph illustrates what proportion of spending was allocated to categories of goods and services in a European country between 1960 and 2000.

Overall

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,

although

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the expenditure on food and leisure

initially

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ranked first for almost the entire

period

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, they were overtaken by

transport

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spending over the

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years.

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, the figure for energy remained the least significant throughout the

period

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. In the first year, the expenditure on food was about 33%, after which it experienced a slight drop of 3

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before decreasing significantly to about 14 %

at the end

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of the

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. The proportion of spending on leisure was

initially

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20%, which was followed by a dramatic fall to about 14% in 2000, though it was overstripped by

transport

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in 1990. The figure for

transport

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was

initially

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almost as high as that for

transport

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(around 10 %).

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,

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the former increased gradually as it reached approximately 15

percent

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in the

last

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year, the latter saw a considerable decline, as it hit

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figure for energy in 2000. The share of expenditure on energy stood

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throughout the

period

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, as it had decreased to a little above 1% by 2000.