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 shows percentages of consumer expenditure for three categories of products and services in five countries in 2002.
It is clear that
the largest proportion of buyer spending in each country went on food, drinks and tobacco. Linking Words
On the other hand
, the leisure/education category has the lowest percentages in the table.
Out of the five countries, purchaser 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 was Linking Words
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highest in Turkey, at 4.35%, Linking Words
while
expenditure on clothing and footwear was significantly higher in Italy, at 9%Linking Words
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than in any of the other countries.
It can be seen that Sweden had the lowest percentages of national shopper 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%.Remove the comma
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