[Simulator] Four Countries Spending Habits of Shopping on Consumer Goods | IELTS Writing (Task 1)

The vertical bar graph demonstrates how Belgians, Spaniards, Austrians, and British consumers spent their money in 2012 on six different commodities.

In an overview, the amount that British spent highest on books, toys, and cameras, while Austria expended the least on outdoor sports accessories and cosmetics.

According to the given data, the British spent slightly more than 15,000 pounds sterling on console games in 2012, in contrast to 150,000 pounds spent by the other three countries in the same category. The amount that English people spent on outdoor sports equipment was approximately 156,000, which is almost equal to what Spanish people spent. The least amount of money was spent on these accessories this year by Austrians.

Examining further, the amount of monetary resources used on cosmetics by consumers in Austria and Belgium was approximately 145 thousand pounds, compared to approximately 10 and 15 thousand pounds in Spain and Britain accordingly. Interestingly, the British spent the most in 2012 to acquire these goods, with toys and cameras accounting for a larger portion of their total spending. Austrians preferred spending money on cameras over toys. The British spent 167–170 thousand pounds sterling on each of these two products, while the Austrians spent the least, at around 145 thousand pounds sterling.