The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income five European countries spend on food and drink, housing, clothing, and entertainment. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income five European countries spend on food and drink, housing, clothing, and entertainment.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The table chart shows the amount of household
income
that five
countries
in Europe spent per month on four items. The data has been calibrated in percentage.
Overall
, all five
countries
spend the majority of their
income
on food and drink and housing.
However
, the expense was far less on clothing and entertainment. It is clear from the chart, housing is the largest expenditure item for France, Germany, and the UK, as all of them spend around one-third of their
income
on
this
, at 30%, 33%, and 37% respectively.
In contrast
, they spend around a quarter on food and drink. Surprisingly,
this
pattern is exactly the opposite of Turkey and Spain, which spend a fifth of their
income
on housing, but one-third on food and drink.
Furthermore
, spending on clothing and entertainment are the two items which all five
countries
spend much less
.
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Regarding clothes, France and Spain spend the least, at less than 10%
on the other hand
, the other three
countries
spend the same amount ranging between 12% and 15%. Germany spends
one fifth
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on entertainment, at 19%.
Whereas
, UK and Turkey spend approximately half of
this
amount.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words income, countries with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • allocate
  • proportion
  • expenditure
  • speculate
  • real estate
  • average income
  • trends
  • significant differences
  • lifestyle
  • surprising findings
  • notable patterns
  • economic priorities
  • living standards
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