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

The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The table provides information on the
percentage
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of national consumer expenditure across three categories—food,
drinks
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, and
tobacco
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; clothing and
footwear
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; and leisure and education—in five
countries
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in 2002.
Overall
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, the highest expenditure across all
countries
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was on food,
drinks
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, and
tobacco
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,
while
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leisure and education received the smallest share of spending. Turkish consumers allocated the largest
percentage
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of their budget to food,
drinks
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, and
tobacco
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,
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Italians spent the most on clothing and
footwear
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. In terms of food,
drinks
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, and
tobacco
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, Turkey recorded the highest proportion of spending at 32.14%, followed by Ireland at 28.91%. The other three
countries
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—Italy, Spain, and Sweden—allocated less than 20% of their expenditure to
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category
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, with Sweden reporting the lowest
percentage
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at 15.77%. Clothing and
footwear
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ranked as the second-largest
category
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in terms of spending. Italy had the highest proportion in
this
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category
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at 9.00%, significantly higher than the other
countries
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, all of which spent less than 7%. Sweden recorded the smallest proportion of spending on clothing and
footwear
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, with only 5.40%. Leisure and education accounted for the smallest share of consumer spending across all five
countries
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. Turkey again led in
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category
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, allocating 4.35%,
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Spain reported the lowest
percentage
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, at just 1.98%.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words percentage, drinks, tobacco, footwear, countries, category with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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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