The charts show the proportion of expenditure by students, on average, at one university in 2000 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The two pie charts illustrate the average distribution of student spending across seven categories in one university between 2000 and 2010.
Overall, it is evident that the two largest expense categories, food and utilities, together accounted for more than half of the overall expenditure in each of the two years.
While spending on utilities increased significantly from 21% to 27%, spending on food and drink stayed relatively constant at 29%. The percentage of people who ate at home remained constant from 2000 to 2010, but the percentage of people who ate out increased from 4% to 8%. This is a minor but noteworthy statistic.
Spending on clothing saw a sharp decline in 2010, going from 16% to just 5% of total spending. This was another notable shift. There was little to no change in three other areas: the percentage spent on sports and cultural activities stayed at 17% for both years, the percentage spent on transportation increased by 1% to 9%, and the percentage spent on vacations stayed at 5%.