The table below shows consumer spending on different items in 5 countries in 2002

The table illustrates the proportions in five countries which are (Ireland , Italy , Spain, Sweden and Turkey in 2002.

Overall

, there were three categories of consumer spending. Food, drinks and tobacco were the highest sections in spending,

while

leisure and education were the lowest classes in expenditure . As for the terms of drinks ,food and tobacco , Turkey was the upmost in the percentage of costs at 32.14%.

On the other hand

, the smallest ratio in

this

group was in Sweden at 15.77%. The average of the spending in

this

category was 16.3% in Italy. Leisure and education were the least spent in all five countries

while

Turkey was the highest at 4.35%. Clothing and footwear were the third category. The top percentage of

this

section was 9% in Italy compared to Sweden which was the lowest ratio at 5.40%.The average of costs in

this

group was approximately 5.4% in Ireland.