DOMESTIC SPENDING IN HONG KONG AND BRITAIN

The charts compare the percentage of average household expenditure in Hong Kong and Britain in 2000. Overall, it is clear that, spending on other goods, housing and food accounted for the largest proportions of expenses in both places, while the figures for clothing and transport were the smallest costs. Turning to more details, expenditure on other goods made up the largest percentage in Britain, at 36%, while the figure for Hong Kong was slightly lower, merely 28%. In contrast, housing in Britain ranked first with 32 percent whereas the figure for Hong Kong was just 18 percent. As for food, which was category of expenditure in Britain and Hong Kong formed 22% and 27% respectively. In the same year, in Britain another major expense was transport, at 17%, and this figure was nearly two times higher than that in Hong Kong (9%). Finally, in both countries, the smallest percentage of expenditure was on clothing. There were 7% in Britain, but this was much lower in Hong Kong (4%).