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 illustrates the proportion of expenditure in Iceland,Italy,Spain,
Sweden
and Turkey on 3 types of consumer items in 2002.
overall
,the category of all countries that spent most on was food,drinks and tobacco,which was considerably more than
this
expenditure on the other items,
in contrast
,the lowest expenditure could be seen in the table
of
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leisure and education. In terms of food, drinks and tobacco, Turkey spent the most at 32%,compared to
Sweden
,which was the least(15%).The percentage of cost in Iceland was
also
high,at 28%.Italy and Spain spent 16% and 18% respectively.
On the other hand
, the lowest outlay was on leisure and education which accounted for under 5% in all 5 countries ,
although
the percentage of Turkey’s consumption was just 4%, which was around double that of Spain.
In addition
,the amount spent by Italy and
Sweden
varied slightly, with 3% and 3.22% respectively. Clothing and footwear were the third of consumer goods and outlays of those items were between 9% in Italy and 5% in
Sweden
, and the others remained
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approximately
6%.
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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
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