The table illustrates the percentage of consumer spending on Food/Drinks/Tobacco, Clothing/Footwear, and Leisure/Education in France, Germany, the UK, Turkey, and Spain in 2002.
Overall, Turkey had the highest spending on most items, except for Clothing/Footwear, where Italy led. Additionally, Food/Drinks/Tobacco had the highest expenditure across all countries compared to the other categories.
For Food/Drinks/Tobacco, Turkey recorded the highest spending at 32.14%, followed by Ireland at 28.91%, and Spain at 18.80%. Italy and Sweden had similar expenditures, at 16.36% and 15.77%, respectively. In the Clothing/Footwear category, Italy led with 9.00%, while Turkey (6.63%), Spain (6.51%), Ireland (6.43%), and Sweden (5.40%) followed.
Regarding Leisure/Education, Spain had the lowest spending at approximately 2.00%, which was 2.37% less than Turkey’s expenditure of 4.35%. Sweden and Italy had nearly identical spending figures at 3.22% and 3.20%, respectively, while Ireland spent 2.21%.
