The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

The chart provides information about the proportion of people spending on three different categories—

food

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/

drinks

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/

tobacco

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, clothing/footwear, and leisure/

education

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—in five countries in 2002.

Overall

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,

it is clear that

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the highest proportion of spending was on

food

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,

drinks

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, and

tobacco

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in all countries,

while

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the lowest was on leisure and

education

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.

To begin

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with, in Ireland, the majority of people spent their money on

food

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,

drinks

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, and

tobacco

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, which accounted for 28.91%, followed by clothing and footwear at 6.43%, and leisure and

education

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at 2.21%.In Italy, the inhabitants spent the most on

food

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and

drinks

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as well, at 16.36%, followed by footwear at 9% and

education

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at 3.20%. A similar pattern was observed in Spain, where

food

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and drink accounted for approximately 18.8%, clothing for 6.51%, and

education

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for 1.98%. In Sweden, spending on

tobacco

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,

food

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, and

drinks

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was 15.77%,

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5.4% went to clothing and 3.22% to

education

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.

Finally

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, Turkey recorded the highest spending on

food

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and

tobacco

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among the five countries at 32.14%. Clothing and

education

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expenditures followed at 6.63% and 4.35%, respectively.