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

The table depicts data about the percentage of spending on different items in different countries in 2002.

Overall

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, we can see that in all the countries, the distribution of spending is quite similar. A big part is spent on food, drinks and tobacco, followed by clothing and footwear and

finally

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on leisure and education, where the least amount of money is spent. Consuming products

such

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as food, drinks and tobacco are the ones where people all over the world spend most of their money.

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, in Ireland, 28.91% of people's wealth is spent in these sectors, in Turkey, it is 32.14% and 18.80% for the Spanish population. Clothing, footwear, leisure and education are the sectors where individuals spend less money.

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, in Italy, 9% is used for clothes and shoes , and 3.20% for leisure and education, followed by the Northern country, where the percentages are 5.40% and 3.22%.