The given table represents information about consumer interest in different products not only in Ireland but also in Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.
Overall, it can be clearly seen that the highest proportion of spending was on food in all five countries, while the lowest interest was in leisure and education-based products in 2002.
To begin with, 28.91% of the Irish public spent money on food, drinks, and tobacco, whereas Italy and Spain showed almost similar percentages in 2002 for food consumption, at 16.36% and 15.77% respectively. Moreover, the highest proportion of daily requirement spending was observed in Turkey, at 32.14%.
On the other hand, the other two categories showed the lowest interest among the public of all five countries. Ireland had 6.43%, Spain had 6.51%, and Turkey had 6.63% of expenditure on clothing and footwear. In particular, Italy recorded the highest figure for clothing and footwear at 9%. Finally, leisure and education displayed the lowest percentages of all categories, under 5% in every country: Ireland (2.21%), Italy (3.20%), Spain (1.98%), Sweden (3.22%), and Turkey (4.35%) in 2002.