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

The table below gives information about consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
The table illustrates the percentage of spending on three
type
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types
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of items by consumers of five European
countries
in the year 2002.
Overall
, all five
countries
spent more on food, drinks and tobacco.
This
was three times more than the next most popular item which
iwas
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was
clothing and footwear. All
countries
spent the least on leisure and education. In terms of the sales
in
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food, drinks and tobacco,
Turkey
had the highest spending (32.14%).
Moreover
, Ireland was
also
high in numbers but was 4% less. The three remaining
countries
ranged between 15% to 18%, it was almost half less than what
Turkey
had achieved. The next item was clothing and footwear, Italy ranged at 9% being the top in
this
item.
On the other hand
, Sweden, Ireland, Spain and
Turkey
were almost similar
on
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percentages ranging
at
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6% more or slightly less.
Finally
, all
countries
paid less
on
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for
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leisure and education, 4.35% being the highest was
Turkey
. The
least
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lowest
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was Spain reported only 1.98% which was not far from the amount of Ireland, Italy and Sweden.
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  • consumer spending
  • items
  • countries
  • comparison
  • overview
  • table
  • data
  • information
  • proportion
  • percentage
  • figures
  • categories
  • expenditure
  • purchases
  • spending habits
  • trends
  • average
  • highest
  • lowest
  • variation
  • pattern
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