Household Spending Breakdown

The two pie charts below show how an average household in one country divided its monthly spending across six categories in 1995 and in 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Each chart is divided into the categories of housing, food, transport, healthcare, entertainment and other. In 1995, food was the largest category at 30 per cent, followed by housing at 25, transport at 15, healthcare at 10, entertainment at 10 and other at 10. By 2020, housing had become the largest share at 35 per cent, food had fallen to 20, transport remained at 15, healthcare rose to 15, entertainment stayed at 10 and other fell to 5.