The table compares the proportion of goods that consumers use in five various areas such as Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey over 2002. The unit is measured in percentage.
Overall, it can be seen that the most purchased items among all countries are recored in Turkey throughout the whole time frame.
A closer look reveals that in the first division (food/drink/tobacco) Turkey showed the highest result with almost a third; on the contrary, Sweden stood in last place with just over one in ten. As regards Ireland, Spain, and Italy placed between nearly one third and just under one fifth, respectively. When it comes to clothing or footwear, Ireland, Spain, and Turkey belonged to fairly equal values, approximately 7 %. While Italy showed a maximum result around one in ten, Spain had a very small number.
As for leisure and education, the values were very minimal, with Spain had the smallest at spending on leisure time at 1.98 %, although the largest percentage was around 5 % in Turkey.The remaining categories had a similar worth as the consumer record,at approximately 2 %.
