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

As an introduction, the table gives information on the percentage of expenditure on four different necessities, from their monthly income, in

France

,

Germany

, the

UK

,

Turkey

, and

Spain

.

Overall

, it can be seen that the highest proportion of money was allocated to food and drink and to housing,

whereas

the least was to clothing and entertainment, in all five countries.

To begin

with, more than 30% of the money was spent on housing in

France

,

Germany

and the

UK

,

while

in

Turkey

and

Spain

, the expenses on the same were less than 20%.

In contrast

,

Turkey

and

Spain

spent 36% and 31% respectively on food and drink,

while

France

,

Germany

and the

UK

allocated 25%, 22% and 27% respectively on the same necessities.

Furthermore

, each country allocated less than 20% of their monthly income to entertainment and clothing.

However

, the least expenditure was on clothing which was less than 10% in

France

and

Spain

, and 15% 11% and 12% in

Germany

, the

UK

and

Turkey

.