The line chart illustrates the proportion of household expenditure in Turkey between 1960 and 2000.
Overall, it is clear that food, leisure, transport and energy exhibited a downward trend over the years shown, whereas a reverse pattern could be seen in the figure for clothing. Notably, energy remained consistently the lowest category throughout the entire period.
In the initial year, the percentage of food spending was the highest, at 35%. This was followed by leisure, transport and clothing, which accounted for about 20%, 10% and 9%, respectively. In the last place stood energy, making up only 5% of household spending.
In the subsequent years, the proportion of expenditure on food witnessed a dramatic decrease to 15% in the final year, becoming the second-largest choice. Similarly, there was a gradual decrease in leisure spending, dropping to around 12% in 2000. In addition, spending on transport and energy recorded a similar downward trend, falling steadily to approximately 3% and 1% by 2000, respectively. In contrast, clothing showed a steady upward trend, increasing consistently to 17% and overtaking the other categories to become the largest category by the end of the period.