he bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009. The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009.

he bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United

States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009.

The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United

States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in the year 2009.
The bar chart provides key information about the expenditures for five major goods in the various world regions during 2009. The
unites
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were measured in percentages.
Overall
, it is clear from the graph that housing had the highest value in all countries, representing approximately a quarter of the total.
In addition
,
Food
and transportation
were
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both had a notable
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percentage
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compared to others,
whereas
clothing and health care both had a minimal ratio.
According to
what is shown, Japan had spent more money
in
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food
and housing about 22% but less than 5%
in
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clothing and health care.
Moreover
, expenditures in
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Canada
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were most in housing and transportation near
to
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20%
while
food
spending
were
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15%. In terms of
United
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Kingdom, Housing was the major part with about 24%
spending
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of spending
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,
food
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and food
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and transportation represented 20% and 15%, respectively.
However
,
United
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States spent the highest value
in
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housing among all groups where the second major category was
food
.
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