The chart below gives information about the household percentage of spending on essential goods in China for the years 1995 and 2011

The pie charts compare the proportion of the domestic budget for the important product in China in the years 1995 and 2011.

Overall

, it is evident that food and clothing consume the largest size of

household

expenses

while

household

goods

and

medicine

were the least significant categories

also

whereas

the expenses on food and clothing decreased,

medicine

and

household

goods

spending rose.

To begin

, food was by far the most essential item for the residents of China. In 1995 it accounted for more than half (68%) of the entire expenses,it dropped to 59% in 2011 but still remains the most important group. The second item that received more recognition was clothing attracting 19% of the

household

's money in 1995 which declined by 1% in 2011.

In contrast

medicine

and

household

goods

were the least vital on the items list in Chinese. In 1995 they spent just 4% of their domestic resources on

medicine

which was by far the lowest fund spent and 9% on

household

goods

. By 2011 both sectors grew in importance and recorded a rate slightly higher than a tenth each.