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

The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
This
table represents the proportion of 5 different spending over five countries in 2002.
Overall
, the majority of the consumption of the figure was food, drinks and tobacco.
While
the Turkish spent the most on food, the opposite could be seen in education spending in Spain. It was obvious that more than 50% of the budget was allocated for eating, drinking and smoking. Standing at 32,14%, Turkish people dedicated one-third of their total budget to nutrients and cigarettes, followed by Ireland's, which was double the spending of the Swedish, the lowest. Meanwhile, Ireland, Turkey and Spain shared a similar rate of 6% for clothing and footwear, which was 3% less than that figure for Italy, and double the footwear expenditure of Sweden. Strikingly, leisure and education covered a minority of 5% share, just one-seventh of the largest.
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people in Turkey allocated the most at 4.35%, it seemed that education and leisure accounted for nearly half of the total spending of the Spanish and Irish at 1.98% and 2.21% respectively. The Italian and the Swedish spent the same rate at around 3.2%.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • 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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