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 given table provides information about the residents of certain countries' expenditure on three main categories of services in 2002. These

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are Ireland , Italy , Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Looking from an

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perspective, it is readily apparent that Food, drink and tobacco are more likely to purchase items for people in certain

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clothing and leisure. In Turkey, the major category of expenditure was Food , Drink and tobacco, which accounted for 32.14% of total spending.

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was almost twice the level of spending in

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class in Sweden and Italy which ranked 4th and 5th at 16.36% and 15.77%. Clothing and footwear made up 9.0% of total expenditure in Italy which ranked 1st position respectively. In Ireland, Spain, Sweden and Turkey the categories of clothing and footwear were very similar accounting for 6.63, 6.43, 6.51 and 5.40%. Leisure and education is the lowest spending among the 5 countries.

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, the major category of spending was food, drink and tobacco over the countries.