The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income five European countries spend on food and drink, housing, clothing and entertainme

The table shows the amount of household

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that five

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in Europe spend per month on four items.

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, it is evident that all five

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spend the majority of their

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on food and drink and housing, but much less on clothing and entertainment. Housing is the largest expenditure item for France, Germany and the UK, with all of them spending around

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of their

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, at 30%, 33% and 37%, respectively.

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, they spend around a quarter on food and drink.

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,

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pattern is reversed for Turkey and Spain, who spend around a fifth of their

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on housing, but approximately

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on food and drink. All five

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spend much less on the remaining two items. For clothing, France and Spain spend the least, at less than 10%,

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the other three

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spend around the same amount, ranging between 11% and 15%. At 19%, Germany spends the most on entertainment,

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UK and Turkey spend approximately half

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amount, with France and

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spending between those other three nations.