The table illustrates the distribution of national consumer spending on food/drinks, clothing/footwear, and leisure/education in five countries during the year 2002.
Overall, Turkey had the highest overall expenditure among the countries, with a significant portion allocated to food/drinks/tobacco. In comparison, leisure/education expenses were the least significant across all nations.
Food/drinks/tobacco constituted the largest percentage of consumer expenditure, with Turkey leading at 32.14% and Ireland following closely behind at 28.91%. Spain, Italy, and Sweden allocated 18.80%, 16.36%, and 15.77% respectively to this category.
Italy stood out as the country with the highest spending on clothing/footwear at 9.00%, while the other countries ranged from 5.40% to 6.63%. In terms of leisure/education expenditure, Turkey had the highest allocation at 3.22%, whereas Spain recorded the lowest spending at 1.98%.
