The table depicts the proportion of family income being spent monthly on four different categories in five European nations.
Overall, familes from each country spent the highest on food and drink, and housing. While most Turkish expenditure when to food and drink, British people spent mostly on housing. On the other hand, the German dominated the rest of the countries with the highest expense towards clothing and entertainment.
In the food and drink sector, Turkish households spent over one-third of their income (36%). This figure was followed closely by the Spanish at 31%. The British, the French and the German expense were fairly behind at just 27%, 25% and 22%, respectively.
In contrast to food and drink, it was the British (37%), the French (33%) and the German (31%) that spent a substantial amount of money on housing. Meanwhile, Turkish families spent merely one-fourth of their total revenue (20%) on residential buildings and Spanish families spent just 18%.
Moreover, households in each country spent considerably low on clothing and entertainment. The country with the highest expense was Germany at 34%. The rest of the nations had relatively similar numbers, all ranging from 20% to 23% (France with 20%, the UK and Turkey with 22%, and Spain with 23%).