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

The table compares the proportions of

consumer

expenditure for three different categories of products and services in five countries in 2002.

Overall

,

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significant percentage of

consumer

spending in each country went into the category of food/drinks/tobacco.

However

, the leisure/education category had the lowest percentages in the provided table. Among the five nations,

consumer

spending on food/drinks/tobacco was noticeably higher in Turkey which was at 32.14%, and for Ireland, it was around 29%. The portion of spending on leisure/education was

also

highest in Turkey at 4.35%,

while

expenditure on clothing and footwear was significantly higher in Italy at 9% compared to the remaining countries.

In contrast

, Sweden had the lowest percentages of national

consumer

expenditure for food/drinks/tobacco and for clothing/footwear at nearly 16% and just over 5% respectively. Spain had slightly higher figures for these categories, but it had the lowest figure for leisure and education which was only 1.98%.