The pie chart compares five categories of household expense in the UK and New Zealand in the years 1980 and 2008.
It is clear that the percentage of expenditure on Food and drink dropped significantly in both countries over the period shown whereas expenditure on utility bills increased. Besides, UK residents spent a large percentage of their household budgets on leisure than their New Zealand counterparts.
In 1980, the proportion of household budget on food and drink in the UK was lower than their New Zealand counterparts, with 23% and 29 % respectively. By 2008, spending on food and drink had fallen slightly to 25% in New Zealand and had dropped dramatically to 13% in the UK. By contrast, both countries experienced a slight rise in expenditure on utility bills for the average home, from 27% to 31% in New Zealand and from 26% to 28% in the UK.
Leisure activities occupied the vast majority of UK household expense in both years, with 34%, compared to only 17% of an average New Zealand household budget on recreation in 2008. In both countries, transport costs and other costs accounted for 15% and 10% of household budget respectively. 
The pie chart compares five categories of  
household
 expense in the UK and  
New
 Zealand in the years 1980 and 2008.
It is  
clear
 that the percentage of expenditure on Food and drink dropped  
significantly
 in both countries over the period shown whereas expenditure on utility bills increased.  
Besides
, UK residents spent a large percentage of their  
household
  budgets
 on leisure than their  
New
 Zealand counterparts.
In 1980, the proportion of  
household
  budget
 on food and drink in the UK was lower than their  
New
 Zealand counterparts, with 23% and 29 %  
respectively
. By 2008, spending on food and drink had fallen  
slightly
 to 25% in  
New
 Zealand and had dropped  
dramatically
 to 13% in the UK. By contrast, both countries experienced a slight rise in expenditure on utility bills for the average home, from 27% to 31% in  
New
 Zealand and from 26% to 28% in the UK.
Leisure activities occupied the vast majority of UK  
household
 expense in both years, with 34%, compared to  
only
 17% of an average  
New
 Zealand  
household
  budget
 on recreation in 2008. In both countries, transport costs and other costs accounted for 15% and 10% of  
household
  budget
  respectively
.