The table provides data on the expenditures of various items by five different countries in 2002.
Overall, it can be seen that the consumption of food, drinks, and tobacco was leading in all countries, while leisure activities and education were the lowest interesting sections.
To begin with, in Turkiye and Irealand, consumers spent the most and almost similar money on food, drinks, and tobacco, with the rate of 32.14% and 28.91%, respectively. Similarly, these rates were almost the same in consumption of clothing and footwear, at 6,43% and 6.63%; however, these rates for free activites and educational purposes stood at 4.35% and 2.21%, which Ireland’s figure was approximately half that for Turkiye.
As for the rest of nations, Italy, Spain, and Sweeden witnessed almost similar figures in the consumtion of food, drinks, and tobacco, stooding at 16.36%, 1,80%, and 15,77% respectively. In italy, clothing and footwear consumerizm were the highest, at 9%, while Spain and Sweeden showed moderate and similar figures, at 6.51% and 5.40% respectively. Conversely, people in Italy and Sweeden devoted similar finance to leisure activities and education, with the corresponding rate of 3.20% and 3.22%, respectively, and only 1.98% of expenditures THOSE IN Spain.
