The table compares the percentages of consumer spending on three categories in five countries in 2002.
Overall, spending on food, drink and tobacco recorded the highest percentage in all five counties, compared with for leisure and education which was the lowest. Turkey recorded the highest percentages for food, drink and tobacco and for leisure and education. Italy recorded the highest figure for clothing and footwear.
In food, drink and tobacco consumption, Turkey recorded the highest figure, at 32.14%, followed by Ireland at 28.91%. The figures for Spain, Italy and Sweden were 18.80%, 16.36% and 15.77%, respectively.
In the clothing and footwear category, Italy recorded the highest figure, at 9%, while the figures for the other counties range from 5.40% to 6.63%. In leisure and eduction, Turkey recorded the highest figure, at 4.35%, while Spain had the lowest, at 1.98%. Notably, Italy and Sweden recorded the similar figures of 3.20% and 3.22%, respectively.
