The chart below shows the amount spent on six consumer goods in four European countries.

The chart illustrates amount of money spent on six different products by four European nations, Britain, France, Italy and Germany. Overall, it is evident from the chart that Britain was the biggest buyer in all consumer goods while other three nations were different depending on the products. 

Firstly, photographic film, toys and CDs were the most common consumer goods among Britain, France and Italy, whereas Germany spent the least on the same consumer goods. In the other three products, Britain was still the biggest buyer, followed by Italy. Surprisingly, France who was the second big consumer in films, toys and CDs, contributed the least to the purchase of personal stereos, tennis racquets and perfumes, 149 thousand, 145 and 146 respectively. According to the chart, Britain was the biggest customer in all four nations. 

The chart shows that Britain, among the four European countries listed, has spent most heavily on the range of consumer goods included. In every case, British spending is considerably higher than that of other countries; only in the case of tennis racquets does another country, Italy, come close. 

In contrast, Germany is generally the lowest spender. This is most evident in photographic film, where Germany spends much less than Britain. Germany only spends more than another country, France, in two cases; tennis racquets and perfumes. 

Meanwhile, France and Italy generally maintain middle positions, averaging approximately similar spending overall. Specifically, France spends more on CDs and photographic film but less on tennis racquets than Italy does. Italy's spending on personal stereos is only marginally greater than that of France, while spending on toys is equal between the two. 

It is clear from the data given that there are some significant differences in spending habits within Europe. 

The chart illustrates amount of money spent on six different products by four European nations, Britain, France, Italy and Germany. Overall, it is clear that British spending was considerably higher than that of other countries; only in the case of tennis racquets does another country, Italy, came close. 

Firstly, German is generally the lowest spender. This is most evident in photographic film, where Germany spent much less than Britain. German only spent more than another country, France, in two cases; tennis racquets and perfumes. 

Meanwhile, France and Italy maintained middle positions, averaging approximately similar spending overall. Specifically, France spends more on CDs and photographic film but less on tennis racquets than Italy does. Italy's spending on personal stereos is only marginally greater than that of France, while spending on toys is equal between the two. 

It is clear from the data given that there are some significant differences in spending habits within Europe. 

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The chart below gives information about the most common sports played in New Zealand in 2002.

The pie chart shows the most popular sports among boys and girls in New Zealand in a one year period, 2002. Overall, it is evident that the sporting preferences of boys and girls were appreciably different.  

According to the chart, the most popular sport among girls was netball, with participation rates reaching 25 per cent. A similar percentage of boys preferred soccer, which is clearly their favourite sport. 10 per cent of boys enjoyed playing cricket but hardly any girls took part in this game. While swimming is popular among both boys and girls, fewer boys participate in this sport - about 13 per cent compared to approximately 22 per cent of girls.

Other sports such as tennis, basketball and martial arts had lower level of popularity, and a significant percentage of boys and girls say that they enjoyed sports not referred to on the chart.

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The charts below show the number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad between 1985 and 1995 and Australia’s share of the Japanese tourist market.

The charts below show the number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad between 1985 and 1995 and Australia’s share of the Japanese tourist market.

The bar chart illustrates the number of Japanese tourists who travelled overseas from 1985 to 1995, while the line graph presents data on the Japanese tourists who visited Australia in the same duration. 

According to the bar chart, about 5 million Japanese holidaymakers travelled abroad in 1985. This number kept on increasing each year except in 1991 when about 10 million Japanese tourists went to other countries. Finally in 1995 the number reached to over 15 million which was three times more than the number of Japanese tourists who travelled abroad in 1985. 

According to the graph chart, among 5 million Japanese tourists,2 million visited to Australia. This number kept on rising until 1989 when it reached to about 5 million. In 1990, the Australia's share of Japanese tourists decreased to just over 4 million and then this figure increased steadily till 1994 when it amounted over 6 million tourists. Finally in 1995, out of 15 million total Japanese tourists, 6 million travelled to Australia. This data shows that Australia was a very popular tourist's destination for Japanese holidaymakers for the given span of time. 

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The chart below shows the amount of leisure time enjoyed by men and women of different employement status.

The chart illustrates depending on employment status how much free time males and females have. Overall it is clear that those who are unemployed and retired have considerably more free time than other three categories.

The most noticeable feature of the chart is that unemployed and retired people enjoy the exactly same amount of leisure time, men with over 80 hours weekly and women with around 75 hours. With full time employment, males spend more or less 50 hours on weekly basis while females have 38 hours.

In terms of gender, men spend approximately ten hours more than the opposite sex, regardless of their employment status. The most interesting result is that in status of employed part times and housewives, there is no man having free time. It could be explained by the fact that most men do full time job and almost no man stays home as a housewife.

The chart illustrates the number of hours of leisure enjoyed by men and women in a typical week in 1998-9, according to gender and employment status.

Among those employed full-time, men on average had fifty hours of leisure, whereas women had approximately thirty-seven hours. There were no figures given for male part-time workers, but female part-timers had forty hours of leisure time, only slightly more than women in full-time employment, perhaps reflecting their work in the home.

In the unemployed and retired categories, both men and women had considerably more free time than other three categories. Here too, men enjoyed more leisure time - over eighty hours, compared with seventy hours for women, perhaps once again reflecting the fact that women spend more time working the home than men.

Lastly, housewives enjoyed approximately fifty-four hours of leisure, on average. There were no figures given for househusbands! Overall, the chart demonstrates that in the categories for which statistics on male leisure time were available, men enjoyed at least ten hours of extra leisure time.

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Consumption of fast food in Britain

The chart illustrates the volume of money weekly spent on junk foods in Britain by three different income groups. Whereas the graph displays the changes in the use of fast food between 1970 and 1990.

From the bar chart, it is clear that high income earners consumed considerably more fast food than other income groups, spending more than twice as much on hamburgers (43 pence per person per week) than pizza or fish and chips (both under 20 pence). Average income earners favoured hamburgers, spending 33 pence per person per week, followed by fish and chips at 25, and then pizza at 15. While low income earners appear to spend less than other income groups on fast food, though fish and chips remains their most popular fast food, followed by hamburgers and pizza.

From the graph we can see that in 1970, fish and chips were twice as popular as hamburger and pizza being at that time the least popular fast food. Consumption of hamburger and pizza rise steadily over the 20 year period to 1990, while fish and chips were in decline over that same period, with slight increase in popularity since 1985.

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School enrolment in the USA

The chart shows the increase in the number of people who received an education in USA between 1980 and 2001. The most noticeable part of the graph is that the number of students in colleges and universities was much lower than those enrolled in grade 1-9, was generally below in grade 9-12.

At the begging of the twentieth century number of those who were enrolled in grade 1-8 and in grade 9-12 began to increase steadily. By the end of the twentieth century figures for the former went up around 38 million, compared to 15 million for high school. Only two period showed a growth - starting in the 1930s and 1970s for grade 1-8, and in the 1940s and 1980s for grade 9-12. Whereas the number of students going on to further education increased steadily until the end of the 1960s, when there was a shar rise. This increase continued until the 1990s, when numbers were level with those leaving high school - around 15 million.

Overall, during the twentieth century there was a rise in the number of Americans receving an education at all levels. 

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Redbridge University spending on books and computes 1989-2000

The graph shows that how much money was spent on books and computes in Redbridge University between 1989 and 2000. Overall, spending on computers was twice as much as books. In spite of having big fluctuations for both items in the selected years, their initial ratio stayed the same.  

From 89 to 91 there was a steady increase in spending on computers. After this rise, the figure started fluctuating and decreased until 94, with a small increase in 93. In 1996, the figure reached a peak of around $175,000, followed by a big deep in 1998. The one interesting feature of the graph is that spending on two items was intersected in mid-93 and mid-94.

In 1989, the university allocated $50,000 to books and this figure steadily went up till 96. In 1992, the figure reached the highest point of over $150,000. Afterward, the figure gradually declined until end of the selected years, with a level off from 94 to 96.

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Changes in percentage of population in urban areas

The bar chart shows the changes in percentage of population in urban areas in the whole world and different parts of the world in 1950, 2007, and 2030. Overall, it would appear from the chart that populations of all urban areas rose regularly, particularly in 2007 the biggest change happened in all parts. 

A continent with the highest growth is clearly North America, which had the much higher inhabitants in urban areas and percentage of it rose to 79 in 2007 and therefore the figure is predicted to reach at 87 in 2030. The most noticeable feature of the chart is South American population change in urban area. According to the chart, the percentage of Latin Americans and Caribbeans living in cities in 2030 will be twice what it was eighty years earlier.

In Africa, only 15% of the population lived in urban areas in the middle of the last century, but this had risen to 37% by 2007. 

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Wheat exports 1985-1990

The graph shows wheat exports of three different areas, which are Australia, Canada, and European Community, from 1985 to 1990. During the selected years, the volume of the exports of all three areas fluctuated between 10 millions of tonnes and 25. Overall, it would appear from the graph that there is an inverse correlation between Australia and European Community. 

The most fluctuating area is Canada, with a high of 25 millions of tonnes and a low of 14. Canadian exportation's volume fell slightly in 1986 and then quickly recovered. The figure went further until the peak of 25 millions in 1988. After a rapid increase, the figure declined to 19, hitting a rock bottom of 14 millions in 1989.

For Australia and European Community, a negative relationship is seen from the beginning to the end. European Community's wheat exports fell slightly in 1986 and then started increasing slowly but surely until 1990 whereas Australia is the exactly other way round. Its exportation volume declined gradually until 1989 and then levelled off.

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State spending per student in California

The first graph shows the amount of money that were allocated for each student's education in California from the end of 70s to the beginning of the 21st century, while the second graph illustrates the money which was spent on books and computers for the consumption of student in Redbridge University between 1989 and 2002. Overall, it can be seen that the spending per student in California increased, and that use of both computers and books also rose even though there were a fluctuation. 

To begin, there was a gradual rise in selected years between 1977 and 2002  - with being stable in 1982 and 1994.

Apart from a brief overlap of spending on computers and books from mid-1992 to mid-1994, the spending on computers were much higher than books. The amounts spent on computers and books had a slight relationship, and the figures steeply went up. From 1996, there were down hills in amount spent on both computers and books. 

         

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