The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. » Write at least 150 words.

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

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

» Write at least 150 words.
The table shows figures for the amount of
money
that citizens of five different countries spent on three items during 2002.
Overall
, consumers in these countries, all spend much of their
money
on food, drink, and tobacco,
while
, they spend a small amount of
money
on leisure and education activities. As can be seen, Italians ranked first in spending
money
on clothing and footwear it is 9%, followed by Turkish people who
spend
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spent
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about 6.63% of their total income in
this
sector,
intrestingly
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interestingly
Sweden ranked
third,
they spent solely 6.51%.
Also
evident is, Turkey ranked first among the other countries in both food, drink, and tobacco consumption and leisure and education sector.
Moreover
in Ireland, citizens mostly tend to spend
money
on food, drink, and tobacco about 28.91% with a great contrast in other sectors.
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words money with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 5 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumer spending
  • items
  • countries
  • food
  • drinks
  • tobacco
  • clothing
  • footwear
  • household goods
  • services
  • leisure
  • education
  • other products
  • comparison
  • highest
  • lowest
  • followed by
  • in all countries
  • various
  • summarise
  • main features
  • relevant
  • information
  • selecting
  • reporting
  • spending
  • table
  • goods
  • data
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