The table shows information about the proportion of consumers from five European countries spending on various items in 2002.
Overall, consumers from these countries spent the most, in terms of percentage, on food/drinks/tobacco in that year, followed by clothing/footwear, while leisure/education was the least spent. As Turkey led the spending in food/drinks/tobacco and leisure/education, Italy was ahead of other nations in clothing/footwear.
Turkish consumers allocated 32.14% of their total expenditure on food/drinks/tobacco, and was closely followed by Ireland, 28.91%. Spain, Italy, and Sweden all spent under 20% in this category. However, Italians led in clothing/footwear spending, with 9%, whereas the other four countries spent only around 6%.
Regarding leisure/education, all five countries spent no more than 5% in this category, in which the Turkish spent 4.35%; the Swedes and the Italians, 3.22% and 3.20% respectively; the Irish and the Spaniards, 2.21% and 1.98%.