The charts below shows the proportion of income spent on food and other goods across 3 European nations from 1998 to 2008.

1Thethe bar charts illustrate the proportion of earnings spent on food and other goods 2across France, Germany, and Englandacross France,Germany and England between 1998 and 2008. Overall,as time went on,these three countries all 3witnessedwitnessd a notable rise 4inon the proportion of income spent on food and other goods,5Deletewith France placing greater emphasis on advancing peoples' living quality. 6SpecificallyAmong them,7the proportion of spending in Francethe proportion of France witnessed the most notable growth from 1998 to 2008,8wherewhich the figures of food and other goods both rose 9from 15% and 9% respectively to 40% for both categoriesfrom 15 and 9 to 40. 10Next,the striking growth of other goods in England followed closely after France,with the increase 11from 8% to 35%from 9 to 35,more than two times of the growth spending on food.1312The smallest increaseThe least growth in both food and other goods was in Germany,where the proportion only rose from 25 to 30 and 1417% to 24%18 to 23 respectively,15theas same as 16the growth in spendingthe growth of the spending on food in England.