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

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expenditure for three categories of products and services in five countries in 2002.

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the largest proportion of

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spending in each country went on food, drinks and tobacco.

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, the leisure/education category has the lowest percentages in the table. Out of the five countries,

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spending on food, drinks and tobacco was noticeably higher in Turkey, at 32.14%, and Ireland, at nearly 29%. The proportion of spending on leisure and education was

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highest in Turkey, at 4.35%,

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expenditure on clothing and footwear was significantly higher in Italy, at 9%

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than in any of the other countries. It can be seen that Sweden had the lowest percentages of national

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expenditure for food/drinks/tobacco and for clothing/footwear, at nearly 16% and just over 5% respectively. Spain had slightly higher figures for these categories, but the lowest figure for leisure/education, at only 1.98%.