Band 7+: The table below gives information on 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 illustrates consumer expenditure on food or drinks or tobacco, clothing or footwear, and leisure or education in five different countries by 2002.

Overall, it is clear that people in Turkey and Ireland spent more money on food, drinks, and tobacco compared to the other three countries, while Turkish customers spent much more money on clothing and footwear than in Sweden. Moreover, there was less money spent by Spanish consumers on leisure and education throughout the year.

Looking at the graph for more details, most consumers spent money on food, drinks, and tobacco in Ireland and Turkey in 2002, which accounted for 28.91% and 32.14%, respectively, while the other three nations’ customers outlaid around 17%. In terms of clothing and footwear, 9% of the money was used by Italian consumers, as opposed to 5.40% in Sweden.

Turning to the remaining data sets, it shows that spending money on clothing and footwear was almost the same in Ireland, Spain, and Turkey. Furthermore, Irish and Spanish customers spent the lowest percentage of money on leisure and education, which constituted 2.21% and 1.98%, respectively, as compared to approximately 3% for Italy and Sweden and 4.35% for Turkey.