The pie charts below show how general household costs were broken down in a certain city in both 2017 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate how much people spent on general

household

Use synonyms

expenses in a particular town in the years 2017 and 2018.

Overall

Linking Words

, it is evident that the amount of spending on entertainment and food increased in 2018;

whereas

Linking Words

, people spent less on accommodation and schooling.

However

Linking Words

, spending on rent or house purchasing was the largest expense in both years. Notably,

household

Use synonyms

bills' costs remained steady. Spending on rent or house purchasing was the biggest expense in 2017, which was 32%;

however

Linking Words

,

this

Linking Words

declined slightly to 25% in 2018. Despite

this

Linking Words

decline, spending on accommodation was still the largest

household

Use synonyms

cost in 2018. Schooling ranked as the second biggest 

household

Use synonyms

expenditure at 22% and decreased marginally to 18% in 2018. Meanwhile, people spent more on entertainment and groceries, increasing from 10% to 15% and 18% to 24%, respectively.

Therefore

Linking Words

, spending on groceries became the second largest expenditure in 2018. Eventually,

household

Use synonyms

bills had the same percentage in both years, which was 18%.