The charts below show the proportion of people’s total spending in a particular European country was spent on different commodities and services in 1958 and in 2008.

The given pie charts compare data about the percentage of money that the population in an especially European country had to invest in 6 various parts at two points in time namely, 1958 and 2008.

Overall

, the fraction of all items other than Luxury goods, travel, and housing reduced over the period of a half-century.

According to

the diagrams, Food, the main section that had the highest portion of spending in the one European country in 1958, formed just under one-third in the beginning;

then

in 2008, it 20% fell from the prior time.

While

housing, the best sector in 2008, climbed from 22% in 1958 to 32% in 2008. Clothing did not change visually owing to the fact that it declined from 18% in 1958 to 16% in 2008. The graphs demonstrate that at the start, Entertainment composed 13%;

thereafter

, it went down to a small fraction in 2008.

In contrast

, in 1958 travel and Luxury goods constituted roughly the same proportion at just under 10% after that, they rose to the same portion at 17% in 2008.