The charts below shows the proportion of income spent on food and other goods across 3 European nations from 1998 to 2008.
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The two bar charts compare the shares of income allocated to food and other goods in three European countries (France, Germany and England) in 1998 and 2008.
Overall, spending on both categories rose in all three nations over the decade. France saw the most dramatic increases, while Germany consistently spent the highest proportion of income on food, and England spent the least on food across the period.
In detail, in 1998, Germans spent 25% of their income on food, far higher than 15% in France and just 10% in England. By 2008, food expenditure in France had jumped to 40%, overtaking Germany’s 30%, whereas England’s figure rose slightly to 15%, remaining the lowest.
For other goods, all three countries spent under 20% of income in 1998, with France at 9%, England at 8% and Germany the highest at 17%. Spending in all three nations grew by 2008: France recorded the largest surge to 40%, followed by England which saw a more than four-fold increase to 35%, while Germany’s rose more modestly to 24%.
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