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

The given table compares the amount of

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on specific products in five specific

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in the year 2002.

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, individuals who were from the mentioned

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spent the majority of their budget on food, drink, and tobacco,

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they spent the lowest proportion of their money on leisure and education. Turkish people paid more money for food, drink, and tobacco compared to other sectors. Moving on to more details about food, drink, and tobacco, members of the public who were from Turkey spent 32.14% of their budget on these items,

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figure for Swedish is a mere 15.77%.

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, Spanish was second in terms of spending on these items, at a rate of 18.80% of their whole

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. By looking at clothing, footwear, education, and leisure, statistics can be seen that Italian people spent about one in ten of their budget on clothing and footwear and, obviously, it is the highest rate of

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on these items in comparison with other

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, it is obvious that people spent under 5% on leisure and education sectors in all these five

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.