The given table compares the percentages of money spent on different types of goods and services in five different countries during the year 2002. Generally speaking, consumer spending was highest on Food/Drinks/Tobacco and lowest on Leisure/Education in all countries.
Among the five countries, people of Turkey, Spain, and Ireland spent the most on the first category. Turkish people, accounting for 32.14%, came first in the rank, followed by the Irish and the Spanish, at 28.91% and 18.80%, respectively. On the other hand, Leisure/Education took up the lowest percentages in Ireland and Spain, at 2.21% for the former and 1.98% for the latter. Regarding clothing/footwear, consumer spending was similar at 6.43%, 6.51% and 6.63% in Ireland, Spain, and Turkey, respectively.
Italian and Swedish people spent the least on Food/Drinks/Tobacco compared to the other three countries, at 16.36% and 15.77%, respectively. For clothing/footwear, the percentage of money spent by Italian consumers was recorded at the highest, at 9%, and the lowest was for people of Sweden, accounting for 5.40%. Interestingly, the expenditure in leisure activities and education in Sweden and Ireland, at 3.22% and 3.20% respectively, came second and third, compared to the highest in Turkey, at 4.35%.