The provided table analyses the quantitative data on consumer expenditure in five different countries, namely: Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey in the year 2002.
Overall, it can be seen that food, beverage and tobacco constituted the largest fraction of residential spending in all five countries. Conversely, leisure and education was the least prevalent investment across four nations.
Turkey recorded the highest percentage of expenditure on food, drinks, and tobacco at 32.14%, exceeding Ireland, the second highest at approximately 28.91%, by roughly 4%. In addition, these two nations both witnessed a relatively same proportion of clothing and footwear spending, with 6.43% for Ireland and 6.63% for Turkey. While Turkey’s expenditure on entertainment and education comprised 4.35%, the corresponding figure in Ireland only occupied 2.21% of the national expenses.
In Italy, around one-fifth of consumer financial resources was allocated to food, drinks and tobacco, and 9% articles of clothing. Money spent on food, beverage and tobacco in Spain and Sweden ( 18.80% and 15.77%) were similarly three times higher than the spending on clothes with 6.51% and 5.40% in turn. Noticeably, leisure and entertainment investment in Italy and Sweden was quite analogous, while the same spending in Spain was a modest 1.98%, representing the lowest figure within the bracket.