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