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 tables indicate data concerning the percentage of national consumer expenditure in various categories—food/drink/tobacco, clothing/
footwear
and leisure/education— in five countries
in 2002
Overall
, it can be seen that all countries
spent the most on food/drink/tobacco, followed by clothing/footwear
and leisure/education. In addition
, turkey
owned the highest consumption in all categories except clothing/footwear
which Italy was the highest.
Looking at the details, the percentage of consumer expenditure in Turkey
accounted for about one-third,
followed by Ireland at 28.91% and the rest formed under half of the total. As for clothing/footwear
, Italy consumed the most at 9%, and the proportion of expenditure in this
category was almost similar in 3 countries
, Ireland, Spain and Turkey
, at around 6%, while
Spain consumed the least at about 5%. Money spent on leisure and education in Turkey
accounted for 4.35% which was the largest proportion among the five countries
, followed closely by Italy and Spain, forming approximately 5%, and the rest was just 2% of spending.Submitted by rasita.pare on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words footwear, countries, turkey with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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