The given table provides the data of consumer expenses on different goods in 5 countries (Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Turkey) in 2002.
Overall, basic necessities such as food and drinks accounts for the largest share in every country, clothing and footwear in second place, whereas the lowest percentage of expenditure can be found in leisure and education on all five countries.
To begin with, food, drinks and tobacco remain the highest proportion of consumer spending in all five nations. Turkey recorded the largest number at 32.14%, closely followed by Ireland at 28.91%. In contrast, Sweden spent the least on this category with only 15.77%, while Spain and Italy stood at 18.80% and 16.36% respectively.
Moving on to the next category, clothes and footwear ranked second in consumer spendings across five countries with Italy registering the highest figure at 9.00%, conversely, Sweden recorded the lowest at 6.51%. As for the remaining three countries, the consumption figures ranged between 6.43% and 6.63%.
Finally, looking at leisure and education which accounted for the lowest share expenditure amongst nations, with Turkey leading at 4.35% whilst Spain only spent the least on this goods at just 1.98%.
