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

This

analytic report provides information pertaining to the

proportion

of household earnings per month that

are

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spent on four different main expenditures in five nations located in Europe. Looking from an

overall

perspective, it can be seen that individuals spend more on housing than other categories, with the exception of Turkey and Spain.

Additionally

, the

proportion

of housing in the UK saw the highest figure,

whereas

the opposite was true for clothing in France. Looking at the figures in

further

detail, it can be seen that the

proportion

of income

that is

spent on housing was highest in the UK, hitting 37%,

while

the percentages in Turkey and Spain represented 20% and 18%, respectively.

However

, the

proportion

of France and Germany is comparably higher, at 31% and 33%, respectively. With regards to food and drink, that was spent mostly by Turkey, recorded at 36%.

Moreover

, these figures are slightly higher than in other nations, where they ranged from 22% to 31%. Turning to entertainment, Germany's percentage obviously dominates at 19%, whilst other nations saw figures ranging from 10% to 15%. Moving onto clothing, France saw the smallest

proportion

of 7%,

while

the percentage of others ranged between 8% and 15%.