The table gives information about the spending on various products by category in 5 different nations in 1988. Overall, the majority of money was spent on food, drinks and tobacco in all countries. While clothing and footwear were in second place, leisure and education grabbed the least attention.
Looking at the highest spendings first, Turkey led the chart with its expenditure on food, drinks and tabacco(32.14%). This was followed by UK at 28.91%. These figures for other countries fall between 15% and 19%.
In terms of clothing and footwear, Japan allocated highest percentage of money(9%). These figures for Turkey and Korea were 6.63% and 6.51%, respectively. Remaining countries spent the least amount of money.
Among the given items, leisure and education had the lowest figures. The percentage of expenditure devoted to leisure and education in Turkey was 4.35%. Japan and Norwey accounted for nearly same proportion in terms of spending on leisure and education(3.2% and 3.22%, respectively).
