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

The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
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The supplied table chart illustrates the data
of
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consumer’s
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consumer
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 spending in
such
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 countries as: Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey in 2002.
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, as can be
seen
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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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 the high level
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percentage was in Ireland
28.91
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at 28.91
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% .
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, in
Sweden
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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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.
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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%.

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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumer spending
  • items
  • countries
  • comparison
  • overview
  • table
  • data
  • information
  • proportion
  • percentage
  • figures
  • categories
  • expenditure
  • purchases
  • spending habits
  • trends
  • average
  • highest
  • lowest
  • variation
  • pattern
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