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

The provided table illustrates how buyers in 5 different nations allocated their expenses to 3 particular categories in 2002. Looking at the statistics from an

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perspective, Food/Drinks/Tobacco accounted for the largest part of the expenditure of citizens in these 5 listed countries, whilst,

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, Leisure/Education took up the smallest fraction. A detailed look clearly shows that, in terms of Food/Drinks/Tobacco, the proportion of spending of the Turkish ranked first at 32.14%, with the Irish holding second place at 28.91%,

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the rate of expenses in the other three nations namely Italy, Spain, and Sweden was all under 20%. Moving on to Clothing/Footwear, Italians’ aesthetic for fashionable items made them the most generous customer at 9% of their outgoing cost,

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Swedish only used 5.4% to buy

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type of good. Citizens in Ireland, Spain, and Turkey paid out approximately 6.5% for apparel. As for Leisure/Education, the percentage of Italian and Swedish was nearly identical at 3.20% and 3.22%. The figure for investment in these activities in Ireland, Spain, and Sweden was respectively 2.21%, 1.98% and 4.35%.