目:The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
The information given by the table is about the proportion of buyer expenditure on different items in five different nations in 2002
As can be seen from the table, in the five nations, most of consumer expenditure went into food, drinks and tobacco. The percentage of the item in Turkey was the highest (32.14%). It was followed by Ireland (28.91%), while that of Italy, Spain and Sweden accounted for around 16% respectively, twice as little as that of Turkey.
Clothing and footwear was the second most popular spending item. In Italy, its consumers had 9% cost for the item, while that in other countries only took up less than 7%. In contrast, expenditure on leisure and education had the smallest percentage, taking up 4.35% in Turkey, about four times higher than that in Spain and doubled that in Ireland. Italy’s consumers and Sweden’s buyers alike had 3.2% cost for this item.
In conclusion, based on what have been analyzed above, it is clear that although consumers in different country had different spending habits, food, drink and tobacco was always the most important buying item in 2002.