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The pie charts illustrate the standard outlay of household in a country between 1950 and 2010.

All figures
are in percentage terms.

Overall, it is clear that despite the headstart, housing decreased strongly and was caught up by others.
After the rise of household spending, except housing and education, food took the lead.

In 1950, housing accounted for the highest proportion, at 72,1%. Food and education were far lower, at
11,2% and 6,6%, respectively. The figures for transportation and health care were slightly smaller, at
6,6% and 2,4% separately. Other was between them, at 4,4%. Meanwhile, the lowest figure can be seen in
the percentage of outlay on health care.

In 2010, Food had a striking growth and set a trend, at 34,0%. Housing experienced a powerful fall of
over a half and stayed at 22,0%. While transportation consisted of 14,0% in household expenditures,
education reduced marginally to 6,3%. Healthcare rose slightly to 4,5%, but still stayed at the bottom.
Meanwhile, the figure for other increased significantly to 19,2%.

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