The table below gives information 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 schematic representation illustrates on how the customers bought their assorted commodities in five different nations in 2002. It can be clearly seen that Turkey garnered the highest percentage when it comes to food, drinks and tobacco, which is 32.14% together with leisure and education, which is 4.35%. However, it was followed by Italy with 9% for clothing and footwear.

Let us take a closer look at the food, drinks and tobacco. Ireland was almost 3% short compared to Turkey, while Sweden remained in its lowest peak of more than half of the percentage of Turkey which was 15.77%.

Looking closely to clothing and footwear. Next to Italy were Turkey (6.63%), Spain (6.51%) and Ireland (6.43%), in which it only shows a slight difference. However, Sweden still stayed in the lowest rank of approximately 5.40%.

Lastly, in leisure and education. Italy and Sweden were contending on the second place where the latter got .02% higher than the first. After that, Ireland got 2.21% with 0.23% higher than Spain (1.98%), which remained the lowest.