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

The table illustrates the expenditure of customers from various nations on daily necessities in the year 2002.

Overall

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, it can be seen that

food

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,

drinks

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, and

tobacco

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were allocated the highest proportions of spending,

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expenses for

leisure

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and

education

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were the lowest in all five countries that year. Residents in Ireland mostly spent their money on

food

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,

drinks

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, and

tobacco

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over 28%,

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expenditure on clothing and footwear and

leisure

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and

education

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had figures of 6.43% and 2.21% respectively. As for Italy and Spain, both had consumer spending on

food

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,

drinks

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and

tobacco

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at just under a fifth. Regarding the two other categories, Italy and Spain had similar figures, with 6-9% for clothing and footwear, and 1-3% dedicated to

leisure

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and

education

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. Turning to Sweden, less than a fifth of their expenses were for

food

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,

drinks

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, and

tobacco

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, the lowest among the five countries.

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, Turkey had the highest expenditure in

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category relative to the others.

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, with regard to

leisure

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and

education

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, Turkey

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spent more than the rest, which is over 4%.