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

the table below gives information on consumer spending on differnet items in five different countries in 2002.
The table provides information about a comparison of how much people spent their money on different items in five
countries
in 2002.
Overall
, it can be seen that the most purchased item among 5
countries
was held by Food/Drink/Tobacco, followed by Clothing/Footwear at the second. Leisure/Education items show the lowest figure on consumer spending. In terms of the two most purchased items, Turkey recorded the highest
percentage
for Food/Drink/Tobacco accounting for 32.14%. Ireland stood in second position with 28.91% and the other three
countries
show a small number of consumer spending with Spain at 18.80% and Italy and Spain share almost the same
percentage
which is 16.36% and 15.77% respectively. Spain consumers are the top on spending on Clothing/Footwear with 9.00%
while
the other three
countries
figured almost the same number each other and on average at 6.00%. Leisure/Education shows the lowest consumer spending
percentage
, even though the highest
percentage
was in Turkey at 4.35% still under the lowest
percentage
of Clothing/Footwear in Sweden.
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  • consumer spending
  • trends
  • significant
  • analysis
  • break down
  • speculate
  • cultural factors
  • economic factors
  • social factors
  • comparison and contrast
  • evolve
  • impact
  • economy
  • society
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