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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The given bar chart compares data about the percentage of money that 4 various countries spent on 5 different items in 2009.

Overall

, it was crucial that housing was the most important factor

instead

of health care in 2009.

According to

the diagram, Housing, the most essential element, in the

USA

hit just over 25%;

then

the

UK

,

Japan

, and

Canada

respectively reached nearly 24, 23, and 21 per cent. The second part that touched the most portion was Food, which scored the highest fraction in

Japan

by roughly 24%;

thereafter

, the

UK

,

Canada

, and the

USA

recorded one-fifth, 15% ,and almost 14%. Later for Transportation

Canada

was the main country owing to the fact that it reported the same proportion as its housing after that, the

USA

, the

UK

, and

Japan

scored approximately 17%, 15%, and 10%. The graph demonstrates that clothing reached nearly the same portion for

Canada

, the

UK

, and

Japan

by roughly 5%; and the

USA

hit the minimum percentage at approximately 3%;

in contrast

, for health care, the

USA

reported about 7%;

then

Japan

and

Canada

touched the same portion at just under 5% and the

UK

hit the tiny fraction.