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

The

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compares the percentages of consumer

expenditure

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for three different categories of products in five countries in 2002. Looking from an

overall

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perspective, it is readily apparent that all countries spent a huge portion of their money on

food

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,

drinks

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, and

tobacco

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than other categories.

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,

leisure

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and

education

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had the lowest percentages in the

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. Consumer spending on

food

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,

drinks

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and

tobacco

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and on

leisure

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/

education

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are noticeably higher in Turkey, at 32.14% and 4.35%, respectively. With only a negligible difference, at nearly 29%, Ireland is in second place in

food

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/

drinks

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/

tobacco

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expenditure

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. Italy, Spain, and Sweden spent less than 19% of their expenditures on

food

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,

drinks

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and

tobacco

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in 2002.

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the percentages of national consumer

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in Italy and Sweden on

leisure

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and

education

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are close to each other, at 3.20%, their

expenditure

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on clothing and footwear were quite different, 9% for Italy and only 5.40% for Sweden, which is the lowest percentage in the

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. The

expenditure

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on clothing and footwear for other countries is between 6 and 7 per cent. It is worth mentioning that the percentage of Spain's

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on

leisure

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and

education

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is the lowest amount in the

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, close to 2%.