Bài mẫu IELTS Writing Task 1: 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.

The bar chart shows the share of spending on five main categories, food, housing, transportation, health care and clothing, in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan in 2009.

Overall, housing, food and transportation were the biggest areas of spending in all four countries. Health care and clothing had the smallest shares.

Housing was the largest category in most countries. The US spent about 26% on housing, the UK 24%, Japan 22% and Canada 21%. For food, Japan had the highest share at about 23%, which was more than its spending on housing. The UK spent 20% on food, while Canada and the US spent only 15% and 14%.

Transportation was the biggest in Canada at 20%, followed by the US at about 17.5% and the UK at 15%. Japan spent only 10% on transport. Spending on health care and clothing was much lower. The US spent about 7% on health care, but the UK spent only around 1%. For clothing, all four countries spent between 4% and 6%.