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 Use synonyms
countries
(Ireland, Italy, Spain, Use synonyms
Sweden
, and Use synonyms
Turkey
) across three categories: food/drink/tobacco, clothing/footwear, and Use synonyms
leisure
/Use synonyms
education
in 2002.
Use synonyms
Overall
, food/drink/tobacco had the highest Linking Words
consumer
expenditure across all five Use synonyms
countries
, with Use synonyms
Turkey
and Ireland leading Use synonyms
this
Linking Words
category
. Italy showed the highest spending on clothing/footwear, Use synonyms
whereas
spending on Linking Words
leisure
/Use synonyms
education
remained low across all Use synonyms
countries
.
In the food/drink/tobacco Use synonyms
category
, Use synonyms
Turkey
had the largest share of Use synonyms
consumer
spending at 32.14%, followed closely by Ireland at 28.91%. Use synonyms
In contrast
, Italy, Spain, and Linking Words
Sweden
spent less than 19% in Use synonyms
this
Linking Words
category
, with Use synonyms
Sweden
having the lowest expenditure at 15.77%.
For clothing/footwear, Italy recorded the highest expenditure, with 9% of Use synonyms
consumer
spending allocated to Use synonyms
this
Linking Words
category
. The other Use synonyms
countries
all spent below 7%, with Use synonyms
Sweden
reporting the lowest figure at 5.40%.
Spending on Use synonyms
leisure
/Use synonyms
education
was minimal in all Use synonyms
countries
. Use synonyms
Turkey
again led Use synonyms
this
Linking Words
category
with 4.35%, Use synonyms
while
Spain gave the least amount, at 1.98%. Linking Words
Sweden
and Italy spent around 3.2% each, and Ireland’s spending on Use synonyms
leisure
and Use synonyms
education
was slightly lower, at 2.21%.Use synonyms
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