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

The given bar chart illustrates the shares of

expenses

in 4

countries

, the

USA

, the

UK

and

Canada

in 2009 in five major categories.

Overall

, the

UK

and

Canada

shared a higher amount of

expenses

for housing and food

while

the

USA

shared the highest for housing. Meanwhile,

Canada

shared the highest

expenses

for transport among all

countries

. On healthcare and clothing, all

countries

shared relatively fewer expenditures. The

USA

shared around 26% of

expenses

on housing

while

the

UK

and Japan shared roughly 24% and 23% of

expenses

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

expenses

,

however

, the

USA

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

Canada

shared the highest

expenses

among other

countries

which was around 20%. For healthcare, the

USA

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

countries

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

USA

and Japan shared around

below

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5% of

expenses

while

Canada

and the

UK

shared around above 5% of

expenses

.