The two pie charts illustrate how different categories contributed to the expenditure of urban Chinese people percentagewise in the years 1995 and 2011.
Overall, at the beginning of the period food sector was most significant expenditure, whereas medicine and others were the least significant expense. In comparison, at the end of the period food remained significantly large and the lowest contribution was made by others category.
Medicine expense accounted for 3% of urban consumption in 1995, and became more than double, at 7% in 2011. Expense from the transportation category was 5% in 1995, which experienced approximately threefold increase to 14% in 2011. Spending on Recreation was 10% in 1995 and a slight growth of 2% in 2011. At the beginning of the period residential and others category made up 8% and 3% of urban consumption respectively, and these figures had slight growth of 1% in 2011.
Food sector that comprised of half of urban Chinese consumption in 1995, fell to 36% in 2011. In 1995 expenses made out from clothing category was 14% and decreased to 11% in 2011. However, spending on household facilities remained constant in both the years at 7%.
The two pie charts illustrate how
different
categories
contributed to the expenditure of
urban
Chinese
people
percentagewise
in the years 1995 and 2011.
Overall
, at the beginning of the period food sector was
most
significant expenditure, whereas medicine
and others
were the least significant
expense
.
In comparison
, at the
end
of the period food remained
significantly
large and the lowest contribution
was made
by
others
category.
Medicine
expense
accounted for 3% of
urban
consumption in 1995, and became more than double, at 7% in 2011.
Expense
from the transportation
category
was 5% in 1995, which experienced approximately threefold increase to 14% in 2011. Spending on Recreation was 10% in 1995 and a slight growth of 2% in 2011. At the beginning of the period residential
and others
category
made up 8% and 3% of
urban
consumption
respectively
, and these figures had slight growth of 1% in 2011.
Food sector that comprised of half of
urban
Chinese consumption in 1995, fell to 36% in 2011. In 1995 expenses made out from clothing
category
was 14% and decreased to 11% in 2011.
However
, spending on household facilities remained constant in both the years at 7%.