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

The given table gives a comparison of how people in 5 particular countries spend on different items in the year 2002.

From a general perspective, the most popular product which was purchased among 5 countries was in food/drink/tobacco section, while leisure/education one had the lowest choice. It is also clear that the largest amount of money invested in 2 aforementioned fields was made by Turkish, whereas the highest clothing/footwear consumption was in Italy.

Ireland is the country in which 28,91% of consumer expenditure was for food/drink/tobacco, while this proportion in Italy was just over half of that. The clothing consumer spending was the highest in Italy, however its leisure/education one was merely higher than Ireland by 1%.

The smallest amount of money invested in leisure/education was in Spain (1,98%), while that in food/drink/tobacco and clothing/footwear category were both in Sweden. Turkish people spent 32,14% and 4,35% of money in food/drink/tobacco and leisure/education respectively, making it the highest ranking in these sections among the listed countries.