The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category - 2002

The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category - 2002
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The table compares the consumer expenditure
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three categories in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey in 2002.
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, the category that all
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living in the five mentioned countries spent on the most was food/drink/tobacco,
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leisure/education expenses were the least popular items among them to spend on. If we look at the figures for Food/Drink/Tobacco, Turkish
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spent the most on it, at 32.14%. Food/Drinks/Tobacco expenses accounted for 28.91% and 18.8% of the total expenditure of Irish and Swedish
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, respectively. As regards clothes and shoes, Italian
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, compared to the other nationalities, spent the highest proportion of their annual spending on them, at 9%,
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in Sweden spent only 5.4% of that on Clothing/Footwear. In terms of free time activities and education, Turkish
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spent the most on it, at 4.35%.
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, Spanish individuals showed less interest in leisure-related and education-related expenses, by allocating just 1.98% of their total budget to them.
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