The given table illustrates the proportion of citizens consuming different items in five nations, including Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey in 2002.
Overall, it is observed that people in all mentioned countries spent the most money on food, drinks and tobacco while the opposite was true for leisure and education. Notably, the largest percentage of food, drinks and tobacco was in Turkey.
According to the table, the consumption of food, drinks and tobacco in Turkey accounted for the highest figure, at 32.14%. Moreover, it was followed by Irish consumer, which occupied 28.91%. Besides, people in both countries spent the similar percent on clothing and footwear, standing at above more than 6%. However, the figure of leisure and education’s consumption in Turkey was lower than other categories in that nations, making up 4.35% while in Ireland was 2.21%
Similarly, individuals in Italy, Spain and Sweden consumed the most in food, drinks and tobacco among other items, 16.36%,18.80% and 15.77% respectively. In term of clothing and footwear, Italian spent the highest level, at 9.00% while that in Sweden and Spain allocated 5.40% and 6.51% correspondingly. In contrast, leisure and education were less focused on than other items by Spain consumers, standing at 1.98%. However, that category in both Italy and Sweden was higher, accounting for roughly 3% each nations