The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five countries in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given table represents the data regarding consumer preferences for various sorts of goods in five countries during 2002. Units are measured in percentages. From an
overall
perspective, it is readily apparent, that people in all five countries spent most of their income on food, drinks and tobacco,
while
the least popular range was leisure and education. Turkey was the leading country in
consumption
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the consumption
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of nutrition,
whereas
in Spain leisure and education were just a tiny fraction.
To begin
with, people mostly spend
the
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money In Turkey on food,
moreover
,
this
country has had the highest index (32% )in
this
range of expenditure . In comparison in Sweden,
this
index was almost half of that (15,7%). Another notable trend can be seen for leisure and education, which are not so popular among all walks of life in all countries. The country with the highest indicator is Turkey (4.35%),
while
at
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Spain it was purchased a very small proportion nearly 2%. The clothes segment mostly appealed to consumers in Italy almost 10%,
whereas
in Sweden
index
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the index
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was less, 5,40%.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "whereas, while".
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumer spending
  • items
  • countries
  • food
  • drinks
  • tobacco
  • clothing
  • footwear
  • household goods
  • services
  • leisure
  • education
  • other products
  • comparison
  • highest
  • lowest
  • followed by
  • in all countries
  • various
  • summarise
  • main features
  • relevant
  • information
  • selecting
  • reporting
  • spending
  • table
  • goods
  • data
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