The table compares the percentage of expenditure for various projects in five different countries: Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey in 2002.
Overall, it is evident that Turkey spent the most money for food items and leisure or educational activities, whereas Italy spent the most for clothing or footwear items. The largest part of the expenditure was spent on food products.
To begin with, Ireland paid 28.91% of its national budget on food/drinks/tobacco, and Italy spent merely 16.36% of its total expenditure on these products. Whereas, Spain and Sweden spent 18.80% and 15.77% on food, drinks, and tobacco, respectively. Meanwhile, Turkey’s figure was the highest, accounting for 32.14% of its total budget.
Moreover, Ireland, Spain and Turkey spent more than 6% of their national funds on clothing and footwear. Whereas, this percentage for Sweden was only 5.40% on these items. Italy spent around 1 in 10% of its budget on clothes and footwear.
In contrast, Italy and Sweden used almost the same 3.2% of their total national expenditure. Ireland used 2.21%, and Spain spent 1.98% of their country’s budget on leisure or education. Turkey spent the highest percentage of its expenditure on leisure and educational activities.
