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

,

although

the expenditure on food and leisure

initially

ranked first for almost the entire

period

, they were overtaken by

transport

spending over the

last

years.

In contrast

, the figure for energy remained the least significant throughout the

period

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

percent

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before decreasing significantly to about 14 %

at the end

of the

period

. The proportion of spending on leisure was

initially

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

transport

in 1990. The figure for

transport

was

initially

almost as high as that for

transport

(around 10 %).

However

,

while

the former increased gradually as it reached approximately 15

percent

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in the

last

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

initial

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

last

throughout the

period

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