The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the USA, Canada, the UK and Japan in 2009.
The bar graph illustrates the percentages of expenses in five particular sectors in four countries (
USA
, Canada
, the UK
and Japan
) in 2009.
Overall
, it can be seen that housing was the number-one category on the list, while
health care saw the lowest points. Another interesting change is that clothing witnessed almost the same point in all countries.
Looking at the details, the USA
and the UK
were slightly as popular as Canada
and Japan
, 27%, 24%, 21% and 23%, respectively. However
, healthcare registered a minimal percentage. The USA
was twice as high as Canada
. Likewise
, Canada
demonstrated 4% and the UK
saw only 2%, making it the least well-known category.
Regarding the other categories, in food , Japan
(23%) was nowhere near as high as the USA
(14%), whereas
the United Kingdom (20%) was slightly popular
than Correct quantifier usage
more popular
Canada
(15%). Moreover
, in housing, Canada
and Japan
saw similar percentages (23%), whereas
the figures for the United States were 26%, and the UK
were 24%. A
final sector is clothing, Correct article usage
The
Japan
and the United States witnessed similar points (4%). Similarly
, Canada
and the US also
registered the same percentages (6%).Submitted by halilova039 on
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