The table compares the proportion of consumer spending on three categories of products and services in five countries in 2002.
Overall, it is obvious that the percentage of user spending on food, drinks, and tobacco was the highest, while the figure for leisure and education was the lowest among all items. Another striking feature is that Turkey witnessed outstanding statistics in 2002.
According to the data, food, drinks, and tobacco accounted for the largest percentage of spending compared to all mentioned nations, at 32.14%, around one-third of their total expense. Irish people consumed nearly 29% of these items, which was noticeably higher than the expenditure in Spain, just almost a fifth. Meanwhile, people in Italy spent 9% on clothing and footwear, significantly higher than any other nations made up around 6%.
The proportion of national consumer spending on food/drink/tobacco and clothing/footwear in Sweden was the lowest, at nearly 16% and just over 5% respectively. All countries’ consumers spent just under 5% of their total expenses on leisure and education, with the lowest part in Spain, at nearly 2%.