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

The table shows information by category on consumer

expenditure

on different items in Ireland, Italy,

Spain

,

Sweden

, and

Turkey

in 2002.

Firstly

, all the five countries spent the most on food, drinks and tobacco. People in

Turkey

spent 32.14% of their income on

this

category, followed by Ireland at 28.91%.

While

citizens in Italy,

Spain

and

Sweden

used up only

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per cent, at 16.36%, 18.80%, and 15.77%, with

this

,

Sweden

had the least spending on these items.

Next,

consumers in Italy spent 9.00% of their

expenditure

on clothing and footwear, making them the biggest spenders on them. Ireland,

Spain

and

Turkey

had similar proportions, ranging from 6.63% to 6.43%, but the Swedish spent merely 5.40% on clothes and shoes.

Lastly

, leisure and Education were the smallest

expenditure

among all these three categories in all five countries. Even in

Turkey

where the spending was the greatest, the figure was only 4.35%. Following

Turkey

, there was

Sweden

at 3.22% and Italy at 3.20% of their money consumed on entertainment.

Spain

was the lowest spending country in

this

category, at 1.98%. In conclusion, the population of four European countries plus

Turkey

had the highest expenses for food, drinks, and tobacco in 2002.

Nevertheless

, leisure and education had the smallest percentage of consumer

expenditure

.