The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002 Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category 2002

The table compared the proportion of consumer expenditure for three categories of popular product in five nations in 2002.

It is clear that food, drinks and tobacco accounted for the highest percentage. On the other hand, the lowest proportion is went on leisure and education.

turkey is the nation which reached the highest point on food, drinks, tobacco with 32,14%. Another country, the percentage, which italy had, was up to half turkey: 16,36%.

For clothing and footwear, italy reached a peak with 9%. Besides, the porportion of four other countries did not have long distance, from 5,4% to 6,51%. In fact, the percentage of sweden was just over 5%. Spain had lowest percentage of leisure and education, just near 2% while turkey had a remarkable percentage, more than twice as much as turkey with 4,35%. italy and sweden had not as much as different number, just more than 3%. Ireland had a lower porpotion with 2,21%.