The table provides data on the proportion of total expenditure allocated to three categories in five different countries (Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey) for the year 2002.
Overall, it can be seen that food, drink, and tobacco were the leading expenditure categories across the five countries, while leisure and education were the lowest. It is also considered that Turkey’s spending patterns were notably higher in both food and leisure categories, whereas Ireland and Spain had the lowest expenditure in these areas.
In detail, Turkey had the highest proportion of consumer spending on food, drink, and tobacco at 32.14%, followed by Ireland at 29.19%. Moreover, Italy and Spain each allocated slightly less than 20% of their expenditure to this category, while Sweden had the lowest proportion at 15.77%. Furthermore, a similar pattern was observed in the category of leisure and education, in which Turkey also had the highest expenditure, spending at 4.35%, whereas other countries all recorded each under 5%, and Spain had the lowest expenditure for this item at 1.98%.
Regarding clothing and footwear, Italy had the highest expenditure, with 9% of total spending allocated to this category. A similar percentage was noted in other countries, including Ireland, Spain, and Turkey, which made up around 6%, while Sweden had the lowest at 5.40%.