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

The table describes how five

countries

Use synonyms

in Europe manage their monthly household budget in terms of their spending on

food

Use synonyms

and

drink

Use synonyms

, housing, clothing, and

entertainment

Use synonyms

.

Overall

Linking Words

, housing and

food

Use synonyms

and

drink

Use synonyms

make up a substantial proportion of monthly expenditure in all

countries

Use synonyms

, with France, Germany, and the

UK

Use synonyms

spending considerably more on housing

while

Linking Words

Turkey and Spain more on

food

Use synonyms

and

drink

Use synonyms

.

In contrast

Linking Words

, these

countries

Use synonyms

expend considerably less on clothing and

entertainment

Use synonyms

, with the exception of Germans, who spend slightly more on these categories than their other European counterparts. Regarding the biggest expenditure categories, people in the

UK

Use synonyms

spend the most on housing, with 37%, followed by the Germans and French, who set aside roughly a third of their monthly income for housing expenses. The figures for Turkey and Spain,

on the other hand

Linking Words

, are much lower, at around a fifth. These two

countries

Use synonyms

,

however

Linking Words

, have been found to spend particularly more on

food

Use synonyms

and

drink

Use synonyms

, at 36% and 31% respectively, in comparison with France, Germany and the

UK

Use synonyms

, whose monthly

food

Use synonyms

and

drink

Use synonyms

expenditure stands at approximately a quarter. As for clothing and

entertainment

Use synonyms

, Germans top the list with 15% and 19% respectively. The

UK

Use synonyms

and Turkey come in a second close, at around 10% each.

In contrast

Linking Words

, France and Spain spend about twice as much on

entertainment

Use synonyms

as they do on clothes, at 13% and 7% for the former and 15% and 8% for the latter.