The tables provides data on the expenditures of consumers on 3 main categories in 5 countries in the year 2005.
Overall, we can see that most of the money was spent on food, drinks and tobacco, whereas only a small percent was spent on leisure and education.
In detail, food, drink and tobacco were the primary expenditures among the five countries, with Turkey in the first rank at 32 %, followed by Ireland at 28%. This percentage was lower in all of Sweden, Italy and Spain , where it ranged between 15% and 18%.
As for clothing and footwear, this item represemted a small portion of expenditures, being highest in Italy at 9 %, and lowest in Sweden at 5%.
Furthermore, the least amount of money was spent on leisure and education in all of the 5 countries. For instance, in Turkey this category represented only 4% of the total expendiyures, while in Italy it was 3%. This figure dropped to 2% and 2.5% in both Ireland and Sweden respectively, whereas in Spain , it was as low as 1 %.