You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table illustrates the proportion of the monthly household income of five European countries spend on food and drink, housing, clothing, and entertainment Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The table shows the amount of household

income

that five

countries

in Europe spend per month on four items.

Overall

, it is evident that all five

countries

spend the majority of their

income

on food and drink and housing, but much less on clothing and entertainment. Housing is the largest expenditure item for France, Germany and the UK, with all of them spending around

one

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one-third

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third

of their

income

on

this

, at 30%, 33% and 37%, respectively.

In contrast

, they spend around a quarter on food and drink.

However

,

this

pattern is reversed for Turkey and Spain, who spend around a fifth of their

income

on housing, but approximately

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one-third

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third

on food and drink. All five

countries

spend much less on the remaining two items. For clothing, France and Spain spend the least, at less than 10%,

while

the other three

countries

spend around the same amount, ranging between 11% and 15%. At 19%, Germany spends the most on entertainment,

whereas

UK and Turkey spend approximately half

this

amount, with France and

Spain's

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Spain

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spending between those other three nations.