The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

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countries as: Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey in 2002.

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there were more expenditures on food, drinks and tobacco,

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the least spending was on leisure and education. The given graph shows that the percentage of expenses on food, drinks and tobacco in Turkey was 32.14%.

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percentage was in Ireland

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the costs of food, drinks and tobacco

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15.77%. Spain and Italy spent 18.80% and 16.36%

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, the lowest expenditure was on leisure and education which constituted around 5% in all countries. In terms of clothing and footwear, the most expenses were in Italy

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9.00%, but the least costs were in Sweden

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5.40%. The national spending in

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area for the remaining countries averaged around 6.5%.