A Report
on
The Comparison of the Expenses of Bangladeshi Citizens
Prepared for
The Director
By
XYZ
Assistant Research Officer
Bangladesh Customer and Market Analyzing Research
Centre
14th November, 2016
Acknowledgements
I am grateful to Mr. ABC, Local Government Officer and his staff for helping me in the
collection of data for this report.
Abstract
This report presents the comparison of the expenses of Bangladeshi citizens in seven
different categories from 1990 to 2016. This report attempts to give an overview of the
expenses of the Bangladeshi citizens only in seven categories from 1990 to 2016, namely, Food,
Cars, Petrol/Fuel, Restaurant, Furniture, Computer and Books.
Introduction
The data for this report was collected from the records of Local Government Office. It is
hoped that the analysis and conclusion drawn would help bring about a change in the necessary
field. Moreover, in the ever-changing world, it is difficult to foresee the demands of the citizens
in the past 26 years.
Table Showing the Comparing Expenses of Citizens
Categories of Expenses 1990 2016
1. Food 44% 14%
2. Cars 23% 45%
3. Patrol/Fuel 9% 8%
4. Restaurant 7% 14%
5. Furniture 10% 8%
6. Computers 1% 10%
7. Books 6% 1%
This table shows the comparison of the expenses of Bangladeshi citizens in 7 different
categories from 1990 to 2016. During the last 26 years there have been variations in the
comparison of the expenses of citizens as shown in the Table. The variations as indicated by the
data presented above are co relatable to the demand of citizens has been analyzed.
Food
In 1990, Bangladeshi citizens used to expend 44% of their income to buy food. But with
the passage of time the expense of Bangladeshi citizens for food has decreased in greater
number day by day and in 2016, it is only 14% of their income.
Cars
There has been a growth in expense of Bangladeshi citizens to buy cars. This can be
attributed to that the people of these days are easy-going. In 1990, Bangladeshi citizens used to
expend 23% of their income to buy cars. But with the passage of time, their expense in the
same sector has increased and has become almost double in 2016 and it is now 45% of their
income.
Patrol/Fuel
According to the chart, in 1990, the Bangladeshi citizens used to expend 9% of their
income to get patrol or fuel. There is a steep decline in the expense of patrol or fuel. With the
passage of time the expense of Bangladeshi citizens has decreased and in 2016 it is 8% of their
income.
Restaurant
In restaurant, the citizens of Bangladesh used to expend only 7% of their income in
1990. But with the passage of time the expense of Bangladeshi citizens in restaurant has
increased in greater number and has become double in 2016 and now it is 14% of their income.
Furniture
To buy furniture, the Bangladeshi citizens used to expend 10% of their income in 1990.
But their expense for the same thing has decreased steeply with the passage of time and in
2016 the expense of Bangladeshi citizens to buy furniture is only 8% of their income.
Computer
There has been a growth in the expense of Bangladeshi citizens for buying computers.
The expense of Bangladeshi citizens for computers was only 1% of their income in 1990. Their
expense for same thing has increased in greater number with the passage of time and it has
reached 10% of their income in 2016.
Books
There has been a decline in the expense of Bangladeshi citizens for buying books with
the passage of time. In 1990, the citizens of Bangladesh used to expend 6% of their income for
books. But with the passage of time, their expense for the same thing has been decreased in a
large number and now in 2016 they expend only 1% of their income for books.
Conclusion
Thus, after analyzing the above chart it is clear that the expense of Bangladeshi citizens
for cars, restaurant and computers has increased in 2016 much or less comparing with that of
1990. On the other hand, the expense of Bangladeshi citizens for food, patrol/fuel, furniture
and books has decreased much or less comparing with their expense in 1990. It also clear that
Bangladeshi citizens expend more for luxurious things in 2016, but, earlier they used to expend
less for these in 1990.
