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

The chart below illustrates the percentage of national consumer expenditure by category in

Ireland

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, Italy,

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,

Sweden

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, and

Turkey

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in 2002.

Overall

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, those five countries spent the most on food/drinks/tobacco,

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the least expenses were on leisure/education.

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and

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recorded the highest expenditures

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,

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Sweden

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had the lowest.

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was the country with the highest percentage of money spent on food/drinks

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/tobacco, with nearly 32%.

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is the second in that category, with almost 29%,

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, Italy, and

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account for much lower figures: 18.80%, 16.36%, and 15.77%, respectively. In clothing/footwear, Italy accounted for a 9.00 % share of national consumer expenditures; meanwhile other four countries showed very similar figures:

Turkey

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6.63%,

Spain

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6.51%,

Ireland

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6.43%, and

Sweden

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5.40%. At the same time, leisure/education was the category with the lowest expenses, with

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on top with 4.35%, Italy and

Sweden

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close to 3.2%, and

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and

Spain

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with 2.21% and 1.98%

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