先纵向比较，再横向比较
The table provides the percentage of f ive countries ‘consumer expenditure in three aspects in 2002.
Food, drinks and tobacco were the largest part of the consumer expenditure in all countries and it was almost fifty-fold, when it compared to leisure and education. The gaps inthe three sections in Sweden were much narrower than in the other four countries.
The proportion of Food, drinks and tobacco were highest in Turkey, where was over 32%. The number of Ireland was 28.91%, which was the second high in these five nations. The rest three ones (Italy, Spain and Sweden) were all much lower than these two respectively 16.36%, 18.80% and 15.77%.The percentage of clothing and footwear in these countries had no distinct gap(only 3.6%) and the highest one was 9% in Italy. The spending on leisure and education accounted for a smaller proportion of these countries were all below 5%and Spain was only 1.98% and a similar situation was seen in Italy and Sweden. Overall, people in these five nations had a similar consumption habit whichspend more money in food, drinks and tobacco, whereas they cost lest in leisure and education among these three items.。