The line graph illustrates the proportion of consumer spending in Turkey on five categories, namely food, leisure, clothing, transport and energy, between 1960 and 2000.
Overall, spending on food declined over whole period but stayed one of the biggest category. By contrast, expenditure on clothing increased steadily and became largest category by 2000. Other categories demonstrated downward trend over whole period.
In 1960, food accounted for 35% of total spending, significantly more than leisure, at 20%. Over the next four decades, he proportion spent on food fell consistently to 15% in 2000. Similarly, spending on leisure fallen down to 10%. In contrast, spending on clothing rose from 9% in 1960 to 17% in 2000, overtaking food during the final decade. Interesingly, spending on transport declined moderately from 10% to 3%. Energy represented smallest share over the period, dropping from only 5% to just 1% by the end of the timeframe.