The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in 5 different countries in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table provides data on the percentage of

consumer

spending in five

countries

(Ireland, Italy, Spain,

Sweden

, and

Turkey

) across three categories: food/drink/tobacco, clothing/footwear, and

leisure

/

education

in 2002.

Overall

, food/drink/tobacco had the highest

consumer

expenditure across all five

countries

, with

Turkey

and Ireland leading

this

category

. Italy showed the highest spending on clothing/footwear,

whereas

spending on

leisure

/

education

remained low across all

countries

. In the food/drink/tobacco

category

,

Turkey

had the largest share of

consumer

spending at 32.14%, followed closely by Ireland at 28.91%.

In contrast

, Italy, Spain, and

Sweden

spent less than 19% in

this

category

, with

Sweden

having the lowest expenditure at 15.77%. For clothing/footwear, Italy recorded the highest expenditure, with 9% of

consumer

spending allocated to

this

category

. The other

countries

all spent below 7%, with

Sweden

reporting the lowest figure at 5.40%. Spending on

leisure

/

education

was minimal in all

countries

.

Turkey

again led

this

category

with 4.35%,

while

Spain gave the least amount, at 1.98%.

Sweden

and Italy spent around 3.2% each, and Ireland’s spending on

leisure

and

education

was slightly lower, at 2.21%.