The provided table presents the percentages of consumer spending on three different categories in five countries in 2002.
Overall, after analyzing this table, it can be noted that the highest percentage of spending went on food/drinks/tobacco. On the other hand, leisure and education had the lowest share of consumer spending.
Initially, Turkey had the largest proportion of spending on food/drinks/tobacco (32.14%), whereas Sweden had a low percentage at 15.77%. Similarly, regarding spending on food/drinks/tobacco, Italy also scored the lowest share at nearly 16.50%. Interestingly, Italy had the largest figure at approximately 9.00%, making it the most popular country in terms of spending on clothing/footwear, while Sweden had a low figure at roughly 5.50%.
In addition, for leisure and education, Italy and Sweden had the same rate, scoring 3.20% and 3.22% respectively. Turkey had a significantly higher share of spending on leisure and education, which hit 4.35%, whilst Spain registered a slightly lower percentage of expenditure at roughly 2%.
