The pie charts show how the average household in a country spent its money in 1950 and 2010. The categories are housing, food, health care, education, transportation and other.
Overall, housing was the biggest expense in 1950, but in 2010 food became the biggest expense. The spending on most other categories increased, except education.
In 1950, households spent 72.1% of their money on housing, which was much more than all the other categories. Food was the second biggest expense, at 11.2%. Education was 6.6%, other spending was 4.4%, and transportation was 3.3%. Health care had the smallest percentage at only 2.4%.
In 2010, the percentage spent on housing fell dramatically to 22%. In contrast, the spending on food increased a lot to 34%, so it became the biggest category. Transportation also rose sharply from 3.3% to 14%, and other spending increased from 4.4% to 19.2%. Health care went up slightly to 4.5%. However, the percentage spent on education stayed almost the same, falling slightly from 6.6% to 6.3%.
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