The pie charts below show average household expenditure in Hong Kong and Britain in the year 2000

The given pie charts compare how the proportion of money spent on various household expenses in Hong Kong and Britain during the period of 2000.

We can see that in Hong Kong the greatest proportion of expenditure was on housing, with exactly 32%, while in Britain housing accounted for just 18% of the total.

In contrast, in Britain the expense on other goods and services, the greatest cost, was 36%,compared with 28% in Hong Kong. Food came in second place in Britain, at 22%, while in Hong Kong the actual proportion was higher (27%). In Britain, there was 17% of money spent on transport in one family, but this was much lower in Hong Kong (9%). For the expenditure on clothing, in both regions the smallest percentage contributes to this category.