The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table presents information on the proportion of consumption of three categories(Food, Clothing and Leisure) in five distinct countries in Europe in a particular year, 2002. Overall, the group of daily necessities such as Food, Drinks was the largest spending by percentage in the given countries.
Based on the information provided, people in Turkey spent mainly on Food, Drinks and Tobacco, reaching more than 32%, which was the highest amongst five nations. Second in terms was Ireland which consumed nearly three in ten. Interestingly, these two countries were the very one which had roughly 30% or more in spending on Food, Drinks and Tobacco. Meanwhile, Turkey spent slightly more in Leisure or Education in terms of five nations by an average of 1%.
In contrast to the aforementioned, citizens in Italy bought Clothing more readily than all other nations, amounting to an approximately 10%. However, it was the country with the second least spending on Food, Drinks and Tobacco by percentage.
What is also noteworthy is that the composition of expenditure of Spain was not significant in the three given categories since the spending on the three different items were often the second last.
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