The bar chart below shows the expenditure of two countries on consumer goods in 2010

The bar chart compares the spending of France and the UK on five categories (cars, computers, books, perfume, and cameras) in 2006

Overall, France and the UK spent the most on cars in 2010. It is also noticeable that the British spent more money on consumer goods than the French.

People in the UK spent about $450000 on cars, while expenditure on this category in French was slightly lower, around $400000. The amount of money that the British and the French spent on books were some $400000 and $300000 respectively. Expenditure on cameras in the UK, around $350000, was over double that of France.

France spent more money on the remaining goods than the UK. Above $380000 was spent by the French on computers, while spending on this category by the British was lower, approximately $350000. Expenditure on perfume in France was slightly higher than that of the UK, around $200000 and $150000 respectively.