The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

The table depicts how much money was spent on various goods in

Ireland

, Italy,

Spain

,

Sweden

and

Turkey

in 2002. It is noticeable that

Turkey

was by far the most widespread nation in

consumer

expenditure in comparison to the other countries. Notably, the percentage of

consumer

spending on food/ drinks/ tobacco was higher than that on clothing/ footwear and leisure/ education. As can be seen from the chart, the proportion of

consumer

spending in

Turkey

held the lion’s share, accounting for 32,14%, followed by 28,91% in

Ireland

. The figures for Italy,

Spain

and

Sweden

were comparatively parallel, with 16,36%, 18,80% and 15,77% respectively. There was almost 9,00% of

consumer

expenditure on clothing/ footwear in Italy, which was 3,6% lower than the statistics for

Sweden

,

while

Ireland

,

Spain

, and

Turkey

spent clothing/ footwear was approximately similar, with respective numbers being 6,43%, 6,51% and 6,63% For leisure and education, 4,35% of

consumer

spending came from

Turkey

, hitting the highest point in the group, compared to the level of

Ireland

, Italy and

Sweden

, with 2,21%, 3,20%, and 3,22% in turn, whilst the lowest rate belonged to

Spain

, reaching about 1,98%