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

The table presents the data on the expenditure by consumers on various goods and services in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey in 2002. The information is presented in terms of average spending as a percentage of national

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the most popular items to spend on in all five countries were food and beverages and tobacco. The least amount of outlay was observed on leisure and education in the aforementioned countries.(37)

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with, consumer expenses on Food and drinks /Tobacco

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from 15,77% in Sweden to 32,14% in Turkey,

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that Turkey had the highest and Sweden had the lowest position in that category,

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places were occupied by Ireland,Spain and Italy which contributed 28,91%, 18,80% and 16,36%, respectively.

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, it is notable that the percentage of

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by Irish

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6,43% in Clothing/Footwear compared to 2,21% in Leisure/Education. Followed by

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, Italian, Spanish, Swedes and Turkish spent 9,00%, 6,51%, 5,40%,

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%, respectively,

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category were 3,20%, 1,98%, 3,22% and 4,35%,

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