The table shows, by category, consumer expenditure across five different countries in 2002.
Overall, all five countries spent the most on food, drinks and tobacco, and the least on leisure and education.
Food, drinks and tobacco accounted for the greatest proportions of consumer spending in all five countries, with Turkey (32.14%) and Ireland (28.91%) spending significantly more on these items than the other three countries (18.80% in Spain, 16.36% in Italy and 15.77% in Sweden).
Consumers in Italy, who spent 9.00% of their expenditure on clothing and footwear, were the biggest spenders on them. Expenditures in this category for the other four countries ranged from 5.40% to 6.63%.
Leisure and education were the smallest expenditure for all these countries. Even in Turkey where the spending was greatest, the figure was only 4.35%. Spain was the lowest-spending country in this category, at 1.98%.
