The chart illustrates the percentage of consumer expenditure for three different categories of products in five countries, namely Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey in 2002.
Overall, all five countries allocated more money to food, drinks, and tobacco while the leisure/education category was the lowest in remaining items.
Food, drinks, and tobacco products were spent more by all of the nations. Looking first at the food category, the largest allocation of earnings to food and drinks belongs to residents in Turkey, with 32.14%, while those in Ireland allot 28.91% of their salary to this category. Individuals in Spain, Italy, and Sweden channel money into this product category, averaging around 16.36%. Among the five countries, Turkey stands out with the highest spending on leisure/education, with 4.35% of its citizens’ income poured into this field, slightly higher than Spain, with 1.98%. The number of people in Sweden diverted 3.22% to the leisure/education category, followed by Italy and Ireland, with 3.20% and 2.21%, respectively.
Turning to the apparel product, citizens in Italy allot 9% of their income to clothing, making this country dominate other nations in this field; by contrast, the most modest figure was recorded in Sweden, with 5.4%. Those in Ireland, Spain, and Turkey had relatively identical figures, ranging from 6.43% to 6.63%.