The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. Make comparisons where relevant.

The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different  countries in 2002. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.  Make comparisons where relevant.
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The table shows percentages of
consumer
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expenditure for three categories of products and services in five countries in 2002.
It is clear that
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the largest proportion of
consumer
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spending in each country went on food, drinks and tobacco.
On the other hand
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, the leisure/education category has the lowest percentages in the table. Out of the five countries,
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spending on food, drinks and tobacco was noticeably higher in Turkey, at 32.14%, and Ireland, at nearly 29%. The proportion of spending on leisure and education
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also
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highest in Turkey, at 4.35%,
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expenditure on clothing and footwear was significantly higher in Italy, at 9%, than in any of the other countries. It can be seen that Sweden had the lowest percentages of national
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expenditure for food/drinks/tobacco and for clothing/footwear, at nearly 16% and just over 5% respectively. Spain had slightly higher figures for these categories, but the lowest figure for leisure/education, at almost 2%.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words consumer with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumer spending
  • items
  • countries
  • 2002
  • table
  • information
  • trends
  • patterns
  • compare
  • contrast
  • summarize
  • findings
  • differences
  • similarities
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