The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in teh USA, Canada, the UK and Japan in 2009.

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in 4

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, the

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, the

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and

Canada

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in 2009 in five major categories.

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, the

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and

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shared a higher amount of

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for housing and food

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shared the highest for housing. Meanwhile,

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shared the highest

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for transport among all

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. On healthcare and clothing, all

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shared relatively fewer expenditures. The

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shared around 26% of

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on housing

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and Japan shared roughly 24% and 23% of

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respectively. Meanwhile, for food, Japan shared around 24% of

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shared only approximately 14% of expenditures. In terms of transportation,

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shared the highest

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among other

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which was around 20%. For healthcare, the

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shared the highest expenditures which was around 7%, and the rest of the three

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shared around below 5%. In terms of clothing, the

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and Japan shared around

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5% of

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while

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and the

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shared around above 5% of

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.