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

The table below gives information about consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
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The table provides the information about national
expenditures
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of Ireland, Italy, Spain,
Sweden
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and
Turkey
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on three different types of items in 2002.
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, in every country consumers spent mostly on food/drinks/tobacco items, which was at least nearly 2 times higher than on other categories,
while
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leisure/education items were the least popular category of expenses.
Turkey
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’s
expenditures
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were noticeably higher than
other
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the other
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four countries. Regarding
to
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the
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food/drinks/tobacco,
Turkey
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consumed the most with 32.14%. The
expenditures
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of Ireland were
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high
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at
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28,91%,
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the lowest figures were shown by
Sweden
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, just 15.77%. In
leisure
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the leisure
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/education category, which was the smallest expenditure for all countries,
Turkey
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spent 4.35%.
Sweden
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and Italy spend nearly 1% less with 3.22 and 3.20
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. Spain had the lowest proportion of 1,98%. Clothing/footwear was the
last
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category with mediocre figures between 5.40% in
Sweden
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and 9% in Italy. For Ireland, Spain and
Turkey
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national
expenditures
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were around 6.5%.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words expenditures, sweden, turkey with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
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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