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

The table depicts how much money was spent on various goods in

Ireland

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, Italy,

Spain

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,

Sweden

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and

Turkey

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in 2002. It is noticeable that

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was by far the most widespread nation in

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expenditure in comparison to the other countries. Notably, the percentage of

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spending on food/ drinks/ tobacco was higher than that on clothing/ footwear and leisure/ education. As can be seen from the chart, the proportion of

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spending in

Turkey

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held the lion’s share, accounting for 32,14%, followed by 28,91% in

Ireland

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. The figures for Italy,

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and

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were comparatively parallel, with 16,36%, 18,80% and 15,77% respectively. There was almost 9,00% of

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expenditure on clothing/ footwear in Italy, which was 3,6% lower than the statistics for

Sweden

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,

while

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,

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, and

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spent clothing/ footwear was approximately similar, with respective numbers being 6,43%, 6,51% and 6,63% For leisure and education, 4,35% of

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spending came from

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, hitting the highest point in the group, compared to the level of

Ireland

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, Italy and

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, with 2,21%, 3,20%, and 3,22% in turn, whilst the lowest rate belonged to

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, reaching about 1,98%