The charts below show the proportion of people s total spending in a particular European country was spent on different commodities and services in 1958 and in 2008

The given pie charts present how much purchase citizens of a certain European area spent on different categories in the years 1958 and 2008.

Overall, housing and luxury goods experienced an increase in spending during the given period while other services witnessed descent in sales.

On the one hand, sales of residence rose from just above 20% to soared at the peak of over 30%. Besides, those of luxury goods and transportation are also increasing from just under 10% to almost 20%.

On the other hand, despite having the most retail initially, food customer service substantially decreased by 20%. Similarly, clothing and entertainment industry’s purchasing had dropped though only slight changes were seen.