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

different countries’ consumer spendings are quite different in 2002, namely, ireland, italy, spain, sweden, turkey.

food, drinks and tobacco is one of most important spending. turkey and ireland are the highest expenditure 32.14% and 28.91% respectively. The lowest expenditure is sweden which is 15.77%.

clothing and footwear are second important spendings. The highest expenditure is italy (9%). Other 4 countries consumer is spending 6% nearly. respectively, ireland, spain, sweden and turkey consumers are spending on clothing and footwear 6.43%, 6.51%, 5.40%, 6.63%.

leisure and education is third important spendings. The highest consumer expenditure on leisure and education is turkey (4.35%). italy and sweden consumer expenditure are 3.20%, 3.22% respectively. The lowest spending on leisure and education is spain (1.98%).

In conclusion, the most important spending is food, drinks and tobacco in five countries in 2002. And, the different countries’ consumer spending were quite different.