The table illustrates the budget allocated by the consumers on several items in five distinct countries in 2005. Overall, foods/drinks/tobacco took precedence over other categories, as proven by Turkey who showed the highest spending on this segment.
In the consumer goods section, people in Turkey and Ireland reserved approximately 30% of their expenses for foods, drinks, or tobacco. In contrast, residents in Italy, Spain, and Sweden only spent nearly half of their counterparts, accounting for 16% of their daily expenditure in average.
In other categories, clothing/footwear was the second largest source of spendings while leisure/education placed last. Less than 5% of the budget were allotted for latter category in all countries. Conversely, all countries consumed at least 5% for clothing or footwear. An example of this stark contrast was Spain, as they indicated a very low expense on leisure/education yet they also became the second highest spender for wearable items.