The chart below shows the expenditure of two countries of consumer goods in 2010 (pounds sterling)

The chart below shows the expenditure of two countries of consumer goods in 2010 (pounds sterling)
The chart illustrates the amount of
money
spent on five consumer goods (cars, computers, books, perfume and
cameras
) in
France
and the
UK
in 2010. Units are measured in pounds Sterling.
Overall
, the
UK
spent more
money
on consumer goods than
France
in the period given. Both the British and the French spent most of their
money
on cars
whereas
the least amount of
money
was spent on perfume in the
UK
compared to
cameras
in
France
.
Furthermore
, the most significant difference in
expenditure
between the two countries was on
cameras
. In terms of cars, people in the
UK
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spent about £450,000 on
this
as opposed to the French at £400,000.
Similarly
, the British
expenditure
was higher on books than the French (around £400,000 and £300,000 respectively). In the
UK
,
expenditure
on
cameras
(just over £350,000) was over double that of
France
, which was only £150,000.
On the other hand
, the amount of
money
paid out on the remaining goods was higher in
France
. Above £350,000 was spent by the French on computers which was slightly more than the British who spent exactly £350,000. Neither of the countries spent much on perfume which accounted for £200,000 of
expenditure
in
France
but under £150,000 in the
UK
.
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