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

The table below gives information about consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The table illustrates the proportion of national
expenditure
in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and
Turkey
on three types of consumer items in 2002. 
Overall
, the category of consumer goods that all
countries
spent most on was food, drinks and tobacco, which was three times higher than on the other types of goods. The lowest spending could be seen in the category of leisure and education in all five
countries
. The outlay of
Turkey
was generally higher than the other four
countries
.  In terms of food, drinks and tobacco,
Turkey
spent the most at 32.14%. The
expenditure
of Ireland was
also
high (28.91%) compared to Sweden which spent the least (15.77%). Spain and Italy spent 18.80% and 16.36% respectively.
On the other hand
, the lowest
expenditure
was on leisure and education which accounted for under 5% in all
countries
.
Turkey
spent most on these items at just 4.35% of their national
expenditure
which is around double that of Spain (1.98%).  Clothing and footwear
was
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the third category of consumer goods and outlays for those items. were between 9% in Italy and 5.40% in Sweden. The national spending in
this
area for the remaining
countries
averaged around 6.5%.
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