The table below gives infromation on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given table illustrates the percentage of national

consumer

expenditure

by three different

items

in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and

Turkey

in 2002.

Overall

, it can be clearly seen that the most

consumer

spending was on food/drinks/tobacco,

while

leisure/education was the least

consumer

expenditure

. Looking at the information in more detail,

Turkey

and Ireland were the highest

consumer

spending on food/drinks/tobacco at 32.14% and 28.91% respectively. Meanwhile, the other three countries spending their money on these

items

were less than 20%.

Moreover

, the highest

expenditure

on clothing or footwear was in Italy at 9%.

Then

, followed by

Turkey

and Spain at 6.63% and 6.51% respectively. National

consumer

spending their budget on leisure or education was less than 5% where

Turkey

was the highest

expenditure

for

this

category at 4.35%. Consumers in Sweden and Italy expensed their money on these

items

at 3.22% and 3.20% respectively. The least

expenditure

on these

items

was Spain at just under 2%.