the diagram below shows spending on five unique items for children 18 and multi year 2010 2014

The bar graph illustrates the expenditure on food, clothes, books, smartphones and toiletries of 18-year-old children in 2010 and 2014. Units are measured in millions of dollars.

Overall, the amount of money spent on books was the only product has a slight reduction after four years compared to other necessities while food and smartphones expenses were increased over the year.

in 2010, the food accounts for over 3500 million $ which was the highest among other items. Whereas, the spending was increased to just below 4500 million $ in 2014. In contrast to smartphone which was 2000 million $ at the beginning and they climbed to above 2500 million $ in 2014.

In terms of children, clothes remained the same expense in both years with 2500 million $. Similarly, the amount for toiletries also has some improvements with approximately 1900 million $ in 2010 and 2000 million $ in 2014. Moreover, the spending on books was reduced to a mere 500 million $ by 2014 from 1000 million $ in 2010.