The charts below show the percentages of food and goods bought in supermarkets in European countries in 1998 and 2008.

The two bar charts illustrate the proportions of

food

and products gained in malls in European nations during a period of 10 years from 1998 to 2008. In general, the rates of

food

and items in the first and third countries in 2008 were higher than in 1998. Meanwhile, the second nation’s figures were nearly similar in both years. Having looked at the given pictures for more details, in 2008 the

food

percentage of the first country was over a third which was more than 3 times the rate a decade ago.

By contrast

, the proportion of the second country slightly fluctuated from under a quarter to 26%. In the same period, the

food

figure for the remaining nation was the lowest at under 10%. Related to purchased goods, in 1998 the first country’s proportion was under 5% which was lower than 8 times the rate in 2008.

Besides

, the items percentages of the third nation had a significant increase before reaching its highest rate at a sixth in 2008.

In contrast

, the figure for the second nation witnessed a slight fluctuation.