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.
The table shows the consumer expenditure on various items across five different
countries
in 2002.
Overall
, the consumer spent the most on food, drinks, and tobacco, and the least on leisure and education. The food, drinks, and tobacco
category
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accounted for the highest proportion of expenditure of consumer spending in all five
countries
. Turkey and Ireland people were the biggest spenders in
this
category
, at about 32.14% and 28.91 respectively. The corresponding numbers from other
countries
were Italy (16.36), Spain (18.8%), and Sweden (15.77%) Consumers who had the greatest spending on clothing and footwear came from Italy with 9%. Expenditure in
this
category
for the other four
countries
ranged from 5.40% to 6.63%. Regarding leisure and education,
this
expense
category
received the smallest share among the other types. Even in Turkey where the spending was the greatest, the figure was only 4.35%. Spain was the lowest-spending country in
this
category
, at about 1.98%.
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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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