The table provides information concerning proportion of national expenditure by category in 2002.
Overall, what can be seen from the table is that the larger proportion of consumer spending in each country went on Food, Drinks, Tobacco while Leisure, Education has the lowest percentages.
Out of five countries Turkey dislpayed the highest amount on Food , Drinks,Tobacco, at 32.14%, and Ireland at nearly 29%. The proportion of spending on the Leisure, Education was the highest at about 4% while expenditure was higher rate at 9% , in Italy than other of fives.
If we look at Sweden’s rate on Food,Drinks,Tobacco it was 15.77% however on Clothing , Footwear demands indicated nearly 6%. Ireland and Spain showed the lowest percentages among other countries on consumption of Leisure, Education at 2.21% and around 2%, respectively
