The table compares five countries - namely, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey - in terms of consumer expenditures on various items in 2002.
Overall
, the proportions of consumer spending on food/drink/tobacco were relatively higher in all countries, with varying degrees of difference. It is Linking Words
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worth noting that leisure/education represented the smallest spending category, Linking Words
while
clothing/footwear fell somewhere in between.
Focusing on food/drink/tobacco, Turkey dominated the chart with 32.4%, which was followed by Ireland with 28.91 per cent. In Linking Words
this
category, the corresponding figures for Italy, Spain, and Sweden were under 20%. Regarding expenditures on clothing/footwear, Italy topped the chart with 9%. Linking Words
By contrast
, other countries accounted for approximately the same percentage (around 6.51%). As for leisure/education, Turkey's spending was the highest (4.35%), which was followed by Italy and Sweden (3.20% and 3.22%, respectively). Linking Words
Finally
, Ireland and Spain's figures were the smallest (2.19% and 1.98%, respectively).Linking Words