The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income five European countries spend on food and drink, housing, clothing and entertainment. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.

The chart illustrates the percentage of earnings that families in five European nations spend on

food

and beverage, accommodation, clothing and amusement per month.

Overall

,

food

, beverage and accommodation are the major expenditures in all five nations.

Turkey

and the UK have the largest share in

food

and beverage and housing respectively

while

the households which spend the most on clothing and amusement is Germany. Starting with the dominant areas of expenditure, the UK, Germany and France spend the most on housing between 37% and 31%

while

Turkey

and

Spain

spend less than 20%.

In contrast

, spending on

food

and drink in

Turkey

and

Spain

is higher at 36% and 31% than the other three nations, all of which have less than 27%. Turning to minor spending categories, the smallest proportion of income is spent on clothing in France and

Spain

with 7% and 8% respectively. Its expenditures in the other three countries range from 11% to 15%. Regarding the percentage of amusement, Germany has the largest share with 19%

whereas

only 10% is invested in

Turkey

. The spending in France, the UK and

Spain

vary in between.