The table depicts how much monthly household income is spent on several items—food and drink, housing, clothing, and entertainment—in five European countries.
Overall, it is clear that the least amount of money is spent on both clothing and entertainment, while housing expenses account for the largest proportion of income spent.
As shown in the table, while expenses on housing in France, Germany, and the U.K. exceed 30% in all cases, with the totals of 31%, 33%, and 37%, residents of Turkey and Spain spend 20% and 18%, respectively. The reversal situation can be noticed regarding the proportions of income spent on food and drink, as people in both Turkey and Spain spend at least 31% of their income, whereas the expenditures of France, Germany, and the U.K. constitute a maximum of 27%.
Furthermore, the expenses of the U.K. on both clothing and entertainment were identical, at 11%, with spendings on clothing in France and Spain not even reaching 10%, with the totals of 7% and 8%, respectively. Finally, the expenditure of Germany on entertainment was the largest compated to that of other countries, reaching 19%.