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. Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category - 2002 Country Ireland Italy Spain Sweden Turkey Food/Drinks/Tobacco Clothing/Footwear Leisure/Education 28.91¾ 6.43% 2.21% 16.36% 9.00% 3.20% 18.80% 6.51% 1.98% 15.77% 5.40% 3.22% 32.14% 6.63% 4.35%

The table shows the percentage of expenditure of five different countries; Ireland, Italy, Spain etc., on three different categories of items in the year 2002.

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it is clear that

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all the countries involved spent predominantly on food, drinks and tobacco, with

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the highest,

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the other two categories saw the least expenses, even though Italy spent mostly on clothing/footwear, and

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again on leisure/Education.

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, looking at the proportion of spending on food/drinks/tobacco in these countries, in

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, 32.14% of national expenditure was on the above-listed items.

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was the highest as compared to other places.

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, Ireland spent almost 30%,

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the least spending was by Sweden at 15.77%.

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is well under 1% lower than the expenses in Italy.

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, considering

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/footwear and Leisure/Education, the fraction of expenses on these items was low altogether. The majority spent on fashion was in Italy at 9%, and the least was recorded in Sweden at exactly 5.40%.

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spent around 4% on Education which was the highest

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sector, Spain spent the lowest at about 2%.