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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the distribution of money

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categories ( Food, Housing, Transportation, Healthcare and Clothing) in four countries in the year 2009.

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, Housing was the dominant expense across all countries

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Japan which spent on Food. The lowest amount of spending goes to Healthcare and Clothing. Housing was the largest expenditure in majority of the countries

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as the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom with just above 25%, around 20%, just below 20% and around 25%, respectively.

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amount of share is spent on Food and Transport. The lowest amount of money is spent on health care and clothing with about 0-25%