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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 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.
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The table illustrates the
proportion
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 of expenditure on three categories—food, drinks, and tobacco; clothing and footwear; and
leisure
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 and education—in five
countries
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: Ireland, Italy, Spain,
Sweden
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, and Turkey, in 2002.
Overall
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, all five
countries
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 allocated the highest
proportion
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 of their spending to food, drinks, and tobacco,
whereas
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 the lowest percentage was spent on
leisure
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 and education.
To begin
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 with, the majority of money was spent on dietary items, with Turkey having the highest
proportion
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 at 32.14%, followed by Ireland at 28.91%.
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, Spain, Italy, and
Sweden
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 spent significantly less on
this
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 category, each allocating below 20%, with
Sweden
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 having the lowest figure at just 15.77%. Regarding clothing and footwear, expenditure was considerably lower, with all
countries
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 spending less than 10%. Italy had the highest
proportion
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 in
this
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 category at 9.00%,
whereas
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Sweden
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, once again, had the lowest figure at 5.40%.
In contrast
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,
leisure
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 and education received the least financial allocation across all
countries
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, with figures below 5%. Turkey recorded the highest percentage in
this
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 category at 4.35%, followed by
Sweden
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 and Italy at approximately 3.20% each. Spain,
however
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, spent the least on
leisure
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 and education at only 1.98%.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "in contrast, whereas".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words proportion, leisure, countries, sweden with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 4 times.
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