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

The table depicts the rates of expenditure made by the citizens of five countries on three categories in 2002. Looking from an

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perspective, the spending on food/drinks/tobacco was the highest in all of the given nations,

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that on leisure/education purposes was the lowest. In total, Turkey registered the largest shares among other nations. On the one hand, the expenditure of consumers in Turkey and Ireland on food/drinks/tobacco recorded the highest percentages among other countries , with 32.14% and 28.91%, respectively. Meanwhile, the ratios for Italy, Spain and Sweden ranged between 15.77% and 18.80%.

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, when it comes to the spending on clothing/footwear, the fractions for all of the given regions fluctuated within 5.40% and 6.63% range, except for Italy , which recorded 9% in

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category.

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, Turkey had the best rate of spending on leisure/education with 4.35% , and Spain had the least with 1.98%.