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.
The table provides the information about national
expenditures
of Ireland, Italy, Spain,
Sweden
and
Turkey
on three different types of items in 2002.
Overall
, in every country consumers spent mostly on food/drinks/tobacco items, which was at least nearly 2 times higher than on other categories,
while
leisure/education items were the least popular category of expenses.
Turkey
’s
expenditures
were noticeably higher than
other
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four countries. Regarding
to
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the
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food/drinks/tobacco,
Turkey
consumed the most with 32.14%. The
expenditures
of Ireland were
also
high
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28,91%,
while
the lowest figures were shown by
Sweden
, just 15.77%. In
leisure
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/education category, which was the smallest expenditure for all countries,
Turkey
spent 4.35%.
Sweden
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
category with mediocre figures between 5.40% in
Sweden
and 9% in Italy. For Ireland, Spain and
Turkey
national
expenditures
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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