The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The tables indicate data concerning the percentage of national consumer expenditure in various categories—food/drink/tobacco, clothing/
footwear
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and leisure/education— in five
countries
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in 2002
Overall
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, it can be seen that all
countries
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spent the most on food/drink/tobacco, followed by clothing/
footwear
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and leisure/education.
In addition
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,
turkey
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owned the highest consumption in all categories except clothing/
footwear
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which Italy was the highest. Looking at the details, the percentage of consumer expenditure in
Turkey
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accounted for about one-
third,
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followed by Ireland at 28.91% and the rest formed under half of the total. As for clothing/
footwear
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, Italy consumed the most at 9%, and the proportion of expenditure in
this
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category was almost similar in 3
countries
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, Ireland, Spain and
Turkey
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, at around 6%,
while
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Spain consumed the least at about 5%. Money spent on leisure and education in
Turkey
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accounted for 4.35% which was the largest proportion among the five
countries
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, followed closely by Italy and Spain, forming approximately 5%, and the rest was just 2% of spending.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words footwear, countries, turkey with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumer spending
  • items
  • countries
  • food
  • drinks
  • tobacco
  • clothing
  • footwear
  • household goods
  • services
  • leisure
  • education
  • other products
  • comparison
  • highest
  • lowest
  • followed by
  • in all countries
  • various
  • summarise
  • main features
  • relevant
  • information
  • selecting
  • reporting
  • spending
  • table
  • goods
  • data
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