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

The table illustrates the percentage of national consumer

expenditure

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for three categories of products and services in five

countries

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in 2002.

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, the most significant consumer

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in all

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was food, drinks, and tobacco,

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allocating the most minor shares of their spending to the leisure and education category. Regarding food, drinks, and tobacco, Turkey's

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share was the highest at 32.14%, followed by nearly 29%. In the same category, the others spent under 20%, with Sweden having the lowest

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at 15.77%. Compared to food, drinks, and tobacco, spending on clothing and footwear was noticeably lower in all

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. Except for Italy, which spent 9% on these items, the figure for the other

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's

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in

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category was between 5% and 7%.

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, all nations spend less than 5% on leisure and education. People in Spain were at the bottom of

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section with only 1.98% of

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.